Dead Souls (1909)

Original title

Мёртвые души

Directed by

Pyotr Chardynin

Genre

comedy film, silent film

Country

Russian Empire

Runtime

8 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man tries to buy dead serfs from their owners to use as collateral for a loan. The scheme leads to a series of awkward encounters with landowners.

slapstickwhimsicalunderstatedstagedsilent-eraabsurdmorbidslow

What happens

Dead Souls, (Russian: Мёртвые души) is a 1909 Russian short comedy directed and written by Pyotr Chardynin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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