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The Precipice (1913)

Directed by Pyotr Chardynin

Drama · 1h 30m

Based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Goncharov. Raisky falls in love with his second cousin Vera, but she coldly rejects his advances. He soon learns that Vera is having an affair with exiled official Mark Volokhov, with whom She is secretly dating. One day, Vera, in a fit of passion, gives herself to Volokhov, which she immediately regrets doing. Raisky and Tatyana Markovna suffer along with her having learned about Vera’s situation. Volokhov invites Vera to marry him but she refuses his proposal. After all these passions, calm comes and in the final frames of the picture, Raisky draws a portrait of Vera, and then sits down to write a long-planned novel.

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Cast

Y
Yuliya Vasileva Tatyana Markovna Ivan Mosjoukine Rayskiy Vera Yureneva Vera Sofya Goslavskaya Marfinka Viktor Tourjansky Mark Volokhov
A
Aleksandr Kheruvimov
P
Praskovya Maksimova Aleksandr Vertinsky Cadet

Crew

Director
Pyotr Chardynin
Writer
Mariya Kallash-Harris
Novel
Ivan Goncharov

Details

Original title
Обрыв
Release date
1913-09-17
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Original language
RU
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
Russia
Production
A. Khanzhonkov and Co.