Molchi, grust molchi
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Director Pyotr Chardynin Screenplay Pyotr Chardynin Country Russia | 6/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Silent film (Russian intertitles) Release date 1918 (1918) Initial DVD release November 29, 2005 (Russia) Cast Vera Kholodnaya , Pyotr Chardynin , Konstantin Khokhlov Similar movies The Young Lady and the Holligan (1918) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Molchi, grust... molchi (Russian: ?????, ??????...?????, English: Be silent, sorrow ... be silent or Still, Sadness ... Still ...) is a Russian silent drama film directed by famous director Pyotr Chardynin, and starring several big Russian silent film stars of the era, including Vera Kholodnaya, Ossip Runitsch, Vitold Polonsky and Vladimir Maksimov. This film consisted of two parts, but the first (44 minutes in length) survives. The film is most well-known now because of the star-studded cast.
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Paula is a circus performer married to the alcoholic clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio's heavy drinking leads to him being severely injured during a performance. This forces Paula and the now-crippled Lorio to become street musicians. This film formerly ran to 81 minutes – regrettably, the second half is considered lost.
Plot
Paula is a circus performer married to clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio drinks heavily, and eventually he is critically injured when he performs drunk. The crippled Lorio and Paula are forced to become street musicians.
A group of wealthy young men who had previously seen Paula at the circus decide to invite the two to perform at their private "bachelor" party, at which Paula is the main attraction. The young men vie for her attention, give her an expensive necklace and offer Lorio money to turn her over to them. Outraged, Paula leaves and refuses to return to the streets to perform. But when they are truly destitute, she returns to offer herself to one of the gentlemen, the artist Volyntsev.
As Lorio sinks deeper into poverty, Paula enjoys her life as a rich mans mistress - for a while. Her lover becomes too possessive for her taste, and eventually tires of her. When Volyntsev attempts to offer her to a younger rival, Telepnev, Paula leaves him for another young man - Zaritskiy, who is deeply in love with her. Zaritskiy is an inveterate gambler, and playing against Telepnev, he has lost a huge sum of money. Desperate, he devises a plot to steal a cheque he gave to Telepnev. While Paula unwittingly serves as decoy, distracting the party by singing for the guests, her lover sets off the alarm as he attempts to break into the safe. Telepnev doesnt recognise Zaritskiy in the dark room, and shoots him.
Thus concludes the first part. The second part is considered to be lost.
Similar Movies
The Young Lady and the Holligan (1918). The Tailor from Torzhok (1925). The Queen of Spades (1916). Encounter at the Elbe (1949). Vladimir Maksimov appears in Molchi - grust molchi and Defence of Sevastopol.
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References
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