Vadim (1910)

Original title

Вадим

Directed by

Pyotr Chardynin

Genre

silent film, drama fiction

Country

Russian Empire

Runtime

15 min

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a silent drama from 1910 about a man named Vadim. The story unfolds through gestures and title cards in the early Russian film style.

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What happens

Pyotr Ivanovich Chardynin (Russian: Пётр Иванович Чардынин) (10 February [O.S. 28 January] 1873 – 14 August 1934) was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor. One of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire, Chardynin directed over a hundred silent films during his career. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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