After Death (1915 film)
| After Death | |
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| Russian: По́сле сме́рти | |
| Directed by | Yevgeni Bauer |
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| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Boris Zavelev |
| Music by | Neil Brand |
Running time | About 46 min. |
| Country | Russian Empire |
After Death (Russian: По́сле сме́рти, Pósle smérti, "After death") is a 1915 Russian short film directed by Yevgeni Bauer.[1][2][3][4]
Plot[]
The film is based on the novella Klara Milich (1883) by Ivan Turgenev.
"Reclusive young man Andrei is reluctantly persuaded out to social events by his friend Tsenin, and encounters the beautiful actress Zoia. The two meet briefly but then he does not see her for months. He is then shocked to learn that she has collapsed and died, and he becomes morbidly and madly obsessed with her."[5]
Starring[]
- Vitold Polonsky – Andrei Bagrov
- Olga Rakhmanova – Kapitolina Markovna, his aunt
- Vera Karalli – Zoya Kadmina
- Mariya Khalatova – Her mother (as M. Chalatova)
- Tamara Gedevanova – Her sister (as T. Gedevanova)
- Marfa Kassatskaya – Princess Tarskaya (as M. Kasazkaya)
- Georg Asagaroff – Andrei's friend (as Georgi Azagarov)[6]
References[]
- ^ В Доме кино объединят старый фильм и новую музыку
- ^ Анонс событий во Владивостоке на 27 ноября
- ^ Сезон российских и советских архивных фильмов начала ХХ века стартовал в Лондоне
- ^ В Лондоне стартовал сезон российских и советских архивных фильмов
- ^ "Posle Smerti (1915)". BFI. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ "По́сле сме́рти (1915)" Full Cast & Crew
Further reading[]
- Armstrong, Richard, Mourning Films: A Critical Study of Loss and Grieving in Cinema, Jefferson: McFarland 2012.
- Boele, Otto. "After Death, the Movie (1915) – Ivan Turgenev, Evgenii Bauer and the Aesthetics of Morbidity". Rodopi: 2010. https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/16319
- Drubek, Natascha. Russisches Licht. Von der Ikone zum frühen sowjetischen Kino, Wien – Köln – Weimar: Böhlau 2012.
- Drubek-Meyer, Natascha "Der Film als Leben nach dem Tode (Evgenij Bauėrs Posle smerti, 1915)". Wiener Slawistischer Almanach 60, 2007, pp. 457–273.
External links[]
- After Death at IMDb
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PomQyFUMJBc – with the score by Michael Brown (performed by Triptych).
- https://reflect.ucl.ac.uk/2019-sers0014-russiancinemahistoryideologysociety/2019/04/11/example-3/
- https://silentsplease.wordpress.com/2014/07/12/after-death/
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