Directed by Kai Hanson Release date 1911 (1911) Initial release 1911 Adapted from Romance with Double-Bass | Production
company Pathé Running time 7 minutes Cinematography Joseph-Louis Mundwiller | |
Written by Anton Chekhov
Cheslav Sabinsky Starring Vera Gorskaya
Nikolai Vasilyev Similar Romance with a Double B, Departure of a Grand Old Man, Юбилей, Late Flowers, Be silent - sorrow be silent | ||
Novel with a Double Bass is a silent comedy short film released in 1911. Directed by Kai Hanson, the film is based on a short story by Russian writer Anton Chekhov. The film was released seven years after his death, the time Chekhov thought people would stop reading his work. It is based on the story Roman s kontrabasom written in 1886.
The film is the first film adaptation of Chekhov's writing, and has been preserved.
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