"Capital Poison" ( 1916 ) - Russian salon melodrama. The plot is borrowed from the novel by S. Fonvizin "Gossip" [1] . The premiere took place on January 17, 1917. The film has not survived.
| Metropolitan poison | |
|---|---|
| Genre | drama |
| Producer | Peter Chardynin |
| Producer | Dmitry Kharitonov |
| In the main cast | Vera Cold Witold Polonsky Ivan Khudoleev G. Sarmatov |
| Operator | Alexander Ryllo |
| Duration | 1550 meters (90 min. At 16 fps) |
| A country |  Russian empire |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1916 |
Content
Story
The libretto of the film is cited in the magazine Cine-Fono [2] .
“Vera liked the secular talk, Prince Ramoni, and in order to achieve her goal, she created a web of Vera with the most insolent gossip, and she fought in vain to break this web ... Vera goes to the culprit in despair ... But Ramoni wanted to use her trust and, defending herself, she kills him ... "
- "Blue-Fono", 1917, No. 7-8, p. 135
Before his death, the prince shouts that Vera is his mistress. Marital happiness of Faith is destroyed, she believes that her husband will never forgive her. Faith commits suicide.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Vera Cold | Vera Darovskaya, high-society lady |
| Witold Polonsky | Pavlik, her husband |
| Ivan Khudoleev | Prince Ramoni |
| G. Sarmatov | Pronin |
Criticism
Regarding the film, the critic W wrote in “Theatrical Newspaper”:
“Domestic figures replaced by masks, the real situation - fantastic lush pavilions. Put the picture effectively. The director skillfully cultivates that saloon, pompous style, which the Russian screen of the city of Bower made famous for. You unwittingly compare these directors, and the primacy remains with the city of Bauer ” [3] .
- "Theatrical newspaper." - 1917. - № 5. - p. 16
The Projector Browser also rated the film with extreme restraint:
“... a common monotony of action, not going beyond the limits of rather pale scenes of jealousy, reconciliation, etc.” [3] .
- "Projector". - 1917. - № 17-18. - P. 13
A more detailed review of Lee in the Theatrical Newspaper appeared in October 1917 [4] . It noted both the flaws in the production of the picture, and its merits.
The painting is made in a patterned Moscow style. In the scenery one desire - to show your entire warehouse of furniture. There are some miserable achievements of the director: the only interesting thing is a group of men at the ball, watching the heroine with a glance. I make a reservation: from the technical, directing side, everything is done briskly, naturally, but there is nothing that would stop attention. However, a special reception of the program, undoubtedly inspired by directing, is striking: this is when the intimate experience given by the inscription is not actually transmitted by the actor, but is given to the guesses and fantasies of the viewer. For example, - "Faith was shaken." One can see “Faith”, which, after a short general gesture, directs the glance of a “large” person somewhere over the public. Read the "shock" from this fixed face. And such "meyerholds" (obviously, it came from his "Dorian Gray") are very frequent in "Yad" and, right, are not bad [3] .
- "Theatrical newspaper." - 1917. - № 42. - p. 15
Notes
- ↑ Vishnevsky V.Ye. Feature films of pre-revolutionary Russia. - M .: Goskinoizdat, 1945. - C. 115.
- ↑ New ribbons // Blue-Fono. 1917. No. 7–8. P. 135.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Korotky V.M. Operators and directors of Russian feature films (1897–1921). - M .: Institute of cinema, 2009. - p. 409.
- ↑ Short V.M. Operators and directors of Russian feature films (1897-1921). - M .: Institute of cinema, 2009. - p. 409.
Links
- "Capital poison" on the website "Encyclopedia of the national cinema"