Chrysanthemums (film) explained

Chrysanthemums
Native Name:	Russian: Хризантемы
Director:	Pyotr Chardynin
Producer:	Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
Country:	Russian Empire

Chrysanthemums (Russian: Хризантемы) is a 1914^{[1] [2]} short film directed by Pyotr Chardynin.^{[3] [4]}

Plot

The film tells about the ballerina Vera Nevolina, the enamored big debtor Vladimir. Vera wants to help Vladimir repay his debts and offers him her jewels, but Vladimir starts courting a young and rich widow in the hope that she will marry him and he will pay off with all his debts.^[5]

Starring

• Vera Karalli as Vera Alekseevna Nevolina, the dancer
• Ivan Mozzhukhin as Vladimir
• Raisa Reyzen as Widow (as R. Reisen)
• Sofya Goslavskaya (as S. Goslavskaya)
• Lidiya Tridenskaya
• Aleksandr Kheruvimov as Administrator of the theatre^[6]

Remake

In 2009 an amateur remake of the film was made — a picture "Pietà" (film studio "Decadence", St. Petersburg)

Notes and References

1. https://mir76.ru/news/dommuzey-lv-sobinova-priglashaet-na-vechervstrechu-posvyaschennyy-odnoy-iz-krasiveyshih-i-talan/ Дом-музей Л.В. Собинова приглашает на вечер-встречу, посвященный одной из красивейших и талантливых женщин «серебряного века»
2. http://www.museum.ru/N61235 Встреча «Вера Каралли – забытая «звезда» в Доме-музее Л.В.Собинова
3. https://echo.msk.ru/news/382065.html Сегодня в Москве на 29 международном кинофестивале вечер гала премьер
4. https://www.kino-teatr.ru/blog/y2007/6-21/96/ МОСКОВСКИЙ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ КИНОФЕСТИВАЛЬ
5. https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/41272/ Хризантемы
6. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209087/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Хризантемы (1914) Full Cast & Crew