Bakhchisarai fountain (film)

Directorial debut of Jacob Protazanov .

“Having got acquainted with the scripts of Goncharov , I came to the conclusion. that competing with his writing talent is not at all difficult. I called for help from my beloved poet and presented my first script “The Fountain of Bakhchisarai”. I was not very proud that I wrote the script, but I remember how proud I was that I received twenty-five rubles for this script - a considerable sum at that time, and my friends had reason to congratulate me on my first “big income” ... ” ^{[ one]}

According to V. Vishnevsky, the film was released on January 1, 1910 (December 19, 1909 in the old style). ^[2] . According to M. Aleinikov, the film was shot out of focus and was not released on screens. ^[one]

The film is considered lost.

At the direction of the "Pushkin Film Dictionary" - drama in 7 scenes, 1 hour, 180 m. T / D Gloria (Moscow), 1909. Issue. 12/19/1909.

From the raid on Poland, the Crimean Khan Girey brings a new concubine, Maria, to the harem. This causes jealousy of the beautiful Zarema, for whom love of the khan is more important than anything in the world. Zarema tells this to Mary, who only dreams of liberation and finds him in death. Having discovered the death of Mary, Giray orders the execution of Zarema. In memory of his lost love, he orders to build a fountain, the water in which flows drop by drop - the Fountain of Tears .

• Vladimir Shaternikov - Khan
• Maria Koroleva - Zarema
• E. Uvarova.

• Director: Yakov Protazanov.
• Script writer: Yakov Protazanov.
• Operator: Giovanni Vitrotti.

Black and white, dumb, the length of the film is 100 m.