Pyotr Chardynin Movies

The old nunnery owns the best lands. Nuns rent out the land to local rich men, and exploiting peasants they have a wealthy life. The peasants live in...

A dramatization of a wedding in 16th-century Russia, between members of two prominent boyar families (based on paintings by Konstantin Makovskii):...

Based on Lermontov's poem of the same name, Boyarin Orsha (Peter Chardynin) leaves the service of Ivan the Terrible.

A tragic story of a ballerina.

A female doctor is so busy with her work that she has too little time for her fiancé. He falls in love with a waitress and the two have a...

Five-episode adaptation of the eponymous Russian novel, directed by Pyotr Chardynin et al.

Lost film based on Leo Tolstoy's story from War and Peace novel.

Based on the drama by Dmitry Averkiev. The reign of Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible. Boyar Vorotynsky loudly expresses his indignation at the...

The first Ukrainian adventure detective story. The action takes place in Odesa in 1920, occupied by Denikin's troops. The White Guard...

Two peasants in feudal Russia wish to marry but tragedy strikes. A grim if familiar depiction of the precarious condition of the rural life.

It's the 17th century, when social antagonism is at its peak. The poverty of peasants and poor Cossacks is opposed to the lavish lifestyle of the...

The film adaptation of Taras Shevchenko’s biography of 1925 is the first Ukrainian biopic. At that time, it was one of the most expensive...

A historic milestone in Russian cinema, recognized as the very first film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's famous 1869 novel.

Film adaptation of excerpts from Nikolai Gogol's novel of the same name. Only two episodes are recreated faithfully: Chichikov's visit to Sobakevich...

This tragedy depicts a father and son in love with the same woman, who is an enchantress. She keeps them both in subjection with her charms, butthe...