Olga Preobrazhenskaya
1881 - 1971
Тихий Дон
Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Ivan Pravov
Nikolay Podgorny, Andrei Abrikosov
The first screen adaptation of an epic Russian novel about a village of Cossacks on the Don River, covering the last days of peace on the riverside before the beginning of the First World War.
And Quiet Flows the Don
Последний аттракцион
Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Ivan Pravov
Ivan Bykov, Yelena Maksimova
A travelling circus troupe during the Civil War. A kommissar tries to transfer the wagon into an agit-prop van. The Whites conquer the town. The kommissar hides among the artists.
The Last Attraction
Степан Разин
Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Ivan Pravov
Andrei Abrikosov, Vladimir Gardin
Don Cossack Stepan Razin boyars vowed revenge for his friends tortured torture. As head of the rebellious peasants, he becomes the leader of the whole army. With all the Russian land flock to him humiliated and oskorblennye.Tsar Alexey concerned the growing power Ataman. Church anathematizes Stepan collected in the march on Moscow. Regular king's troops manage to stop rebel forces near the walls Simbirska.Spodvizhniki perish, and the chieftain captured. Severe torture did not break the will of Razin.
Stepan Razin
Вражьи тропы
Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Ivan Pravov
Mikhail Narokov, Andrei Abrikosov
In a Kazakh village at the beginning of Soviet power, a wealthy kulak (landowner) voluntarily denounces his opposition to the new regime and hands over his large home to be a new school for the children of the villagers. But three people in the village have difficulty believing that their class enemy is now their friend.
Paths of Enemies
Ключи счастья
Yakov Protazanov, Vladimir Gardin
Vladimir Gardin, Vladimir Shaternikov
Directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yakov Protazanov, this two-part epic was the most expensive Russian film at the time and smashed box office records. It is now considered lost, with only a 4 minute clip surviving.
The Keys to Happiness
Kaštanka
Olga Preobrazhenskaya
Nikolaj Panov, Evgenija Chovanskaja
Little dog Kashtanka is stolen, sold, tossed out into the street and saved by a clown. Young Fedyushka gets lost looking for the dog and ends up a prisoner of the sinister Mazamet who compels him to rove from house to house to make money, while Fedyushka’s father wanders through the streets in search of his lost child.
Kaštanka
