Chrysanthemums (film)

Chrysanthemums (Russian: Хризантемы) is a 1914^[1][2] short film directed by Pyotr Chardynin.^[3][4]

Chrysanthemums
Russian: Хризантемы
Directed by	Pyotr Chardynin
Written by	Yevgeni Bauer
Produced by	Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
Starring	Vera Karalli Ivan Mozzhukhin Raisa Reyzen Sofya Goslavskaya Lidiya Tridenskaya Aleksandr Kheruvimov
Release date	1914 (1914)
Country	Russian Empire

Plot

Chrysanthemums (1914)

The film tells about the ballerina Vera Nevolina, the enamored big debtor Vladimir. Vera wants to help Vladimir repay his debts and offers him her jewels, but Vladimir starts courting a young and rich widow in the hope that she will marry him and he will pay off with all his debts.^[5]

Starring

• Vera Karalli as Vera Alekseevna Nevolina, the dancer
• Ivan Mozzhukhin as Vladimir
• Raisa Reyzen as Widow (as R. Reisen)
• Sofya Goslavskaya (as S. Goslavskaya)
• Lidiya Tridenskaya
• Aleksandr Kheruvimov as Administrator of the theatre^[6]

Remake

In 2009 an amateur remake of the film was made — a picture "Pietà" (film studio "Decadence", St. Petersburg)