A silent feature short film by Vasily Goncharov based on a folk song of the same name. It was filmed with actors from the Vvedensky Folk House troupe. The movie is preserved without inscriptions.
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Vasili Stepanov as Prince
Lyubov Varyagina as Princess
Andrey Gromov as Steward
Aleksandra Goncharova as Young girl
Vasiliy Goncharov Director
Vasiliy Goncharov Writer
Aleksandr Khanzhonkov Producer
Vladimir Siversen Director of Photography
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Russia 14 September 1909
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1909:
31 December 1909
Illustrates a man's struggle to overcome an inherited love for drink. Although yet a young man, the enemy of his family had already sunk its claws firmly upon James Grant.
19 July 1909
Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the critical moment, the woman introduces her fiancé from the city.
07 January 1909
In the third installment of the "Mr. and Mrs. Jones" series, Mrs. Jones hosts a luncheon for her Ladies' Temperance League chapter on the condition that her husband, Mr.
16 September 1909
George Peabody is a young man who has been giving free rein to his inclinations, the principal one being drink.
30 August 1909
If all husbands have had similar experiences, it is too bad to harrow them up with the telling of this story.
18 November 1909
Mercedes orders her sweetheart to prove his love by doing something dangerously heroic. He agrees, breaking into another young woman's house in order to steal a photograph.
08 August 1909
A hunter and his native helpers set up a trap, then taunt and shoot a panther. Next we see the locals skin the animal.
21 August 1909
A story of ancient Rome. The scene of this story is laid in Rome in the days of Nero. Rome has recently suffered conflagrations and other disasters, and Nero, hoping to divert the public wrath from his own misconduct, has encouraged the persecution of the growing sect of Christians.
05 April 1909
A tramp tries to get himself arrested so he can sleep in the nice, warm jail, but the police keep ignoring him or arresting the wrong person.
22 May 1909
"The Judgment of Solomon" was billed as a Vitagraph High Art Film. Biblical Production. It shared a split-reel with "Jephthah's Daughter, a Biblical Tragedy".
06 May 1909
First film of Burnham Beeches, the famous beauty spot and ultimate film location.
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