The Power of Darkness (1909)

Directed by

Pyotr Chardynin

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Russian Empire

How it feels

A 1909 silent short film adaptation of a Leo Tolstoy play. It shows the consequences of moral corruption in a rural village.

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What happens

The Power of Darkness (Russian: Власть тьмы) is a 1909 Russian short silent film. It is a film adaptation of the eponymous 1886 play by Leo Tolstoy, starring Pyotr Chardynin and Aleksandra Goncharova, and directed by Chardynin in his directorial debut. Like most Russian films of the era, it is considered lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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