The King of Paris (1917 film)
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The King of Paris is a 1917 Russian
silent feature film directed by Yevgeni Bauer
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The film was shot in the cinema factory of Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
in Yalta
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This film was the latest work of Yevgeni Bauer
. At work on the film previous, For Happiness (ru: «За счастьем») Bauer broke his leg, and he shot his latest film while in his chair, but soon fell ill with pneumonia. He began shooting in early summer of 1917. But he was soon placed in Yalta hospital and 9 June 1917 he died.
Olga Rakhmanova finished the film.
The premiere went through one month after the October Revolution, 6 December 1917. People were busy with the revolution, and the film turned out to be unnoticed.
The only copy of the movie almost 100 years has lain in the archives. Demonstration of the film took place in Yalta
to the 130th anniversary of Aleksandr Khanzhonkov in September 2007.
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
silent feature film directed by Yevgeni Bauer
Yevgeni Bauer
Yevgeni Franzevich Bauer was a Russian film director of silent films, a theatre artist and a screenwriter. His work had a great influence on the aesthetics of Russian cinematography at the beginning of the 20th century....
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The film was shot in the cinema factory of Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
Aleksandr Aleksejevich Khanzhonkov was Russia's first cinema entrepreneur. He produced Defence of Sevastopol, Russia's first feature film, and Ladislas Starevich's ground-breaking puppet animations....
in Yalta
Yalta
Yalta is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea.The city is located on the site of an ancient Greek colony, said to have been founded by Greek sailors who were looking for a safe shore on which to land. It is situated on a deep bay facing south towards the Black...
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This film was the latest work of Yevgeni Bauer
Yevgeni Bauer
Yevgeni Franzevich Bauer was a Russian film director of silent films, a theatre artist and a screenwriter. His work had a great influence on the aesthetics of Russian cinematography at the beginning of the 20th century....
. At work on the film previous, For Happiness (ru: «За счастьем») Bauer broke his leg, and he shot his latest film while in his chair, but soon fell ill with pneumonia. He began shooting in early summer of 1917. But he was soon placed in Yalta hospital and 9 June 1917 he died.
Olga Rakhmanova finished the film.
The premiere went through one month after the October Revolution, 6 December 1917. People were busy with the revolution, and the film turned out to be unnoticed.
The only copy of the movie almost 100 years has lain in the archives. Demonstration of the film took place in Yalta
Yalta
Yalta is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea.The city is located on the site of an ancient Greek colony, said to have been founded by Greek sailors who were looking for a safe shore on which to land. It is situated on a deep bay facing south towards the Black...
to the 130th anniversary of Aleksandr Khanzhonkov in September 2007.
Cast
- Vjacheslav Svoboda - Roger "King of Paris"
- Nikolai RadinNikolai RadinNikolai Mariusovich Radin was a notable Russian stage and silent film actor and director; he was an actor of theater and cinema....
- Rascol Venkov - Emma Bauer - Furstin Von Dorstein
- Mikhail Stalski - Jean Hiénard
- Lydia Koreneva - Lucienne Marechal
- Marija Boldireva - Juliette
- Vera KaralliVera KaralliVera Alexeyevna Karalli was a notable Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and silent film actress during the early years of the twentieth century.-Early life and career:...
- cameo