Father Sergius (1918)
- Original title
- Отец Сергий
- Directed by
- Alexandre Volkoff, Yakov Protazanov
- Genre
- drama film, silent film, historical film
- Country
- Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian Empire
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 21 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.
How it feels
A Russian prince learns that his fiancee is having an affair with the Tsar. He abandons his engagement and goes to a monastery to seek holiness.
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What happens
Father Sergius (Russian: Отец Сергий, translit. Otets Sergiy) is a 1918 Soviet Russian silent film directed by Yakov Protazanov and Alexandre Volkoff. It is based on the 1911 posthumously published story of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. This was the first film version of the story, as the depiction of priests was not permitted in the film industry of the Russian Empire until after the October Revolution in 1917. Ivan Mosjoukine plays the title role. Father Sergius was screened in the United Kingdom in 1920 and 1927. The film is set during the reign of Russian Tsar Nicholas I, where Prince Kasatsky discovers that his fiancée has an affair with the Tsar. He decides to break his engagement and retires to a convent where he tries to reach holiness. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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