The Duel (Russian: Поединок, romanizedPoedinok) is a 1910[3] Russian short film directed by Maurice Maître.

The Duel
Russian: Поединок
Directed byMaurice Maître
Written byVladimir Konenko[1]
Starring
  • A. Lesnogorsky
  • Z. Mamonova
  • Nikolay Vailiev
CinematographyJoseph-Louis Mundwiller
Production
company
Release date
1910
Running time
35 min.
CountryRussian Empire

Plot edit

The film is based on the 1905 novel The Duel by Aleksandr Kuprin.

Lieutenant Romashov falls in love with his captain's young wife Alexandra Nikolaeva.

History edit

The premiere took place on September 28, 1910. The film has been preserved to our time without inscriptions.[4]

Cast edit

  • A. Lesnogorsky as Romashov
  • Z. Mamonova as Shurochka
  • Nikolay Vailiev as Nikolaev
  • Lidiya Sycheva
  • Nikolai Vekov

Film crew edit

Directed by: André Maitre

Screenplay: Vladimir Konenko

Cinematography: Georges Meyer, Toppi

Production designer: Czeslaw Sabinski

Literature edit

  • Great Cinema. Catalog of Surviving Feature Films of Russia. 1908 — 1919; New Literary Review Publishing, 2002. Page 66. ISBN 5-86793-155-2

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ The Duel at the KinoPoisk
  2. ^ The Duel at the kino-teatr.ru
  3. ^ Не рой другому Яму
  4. ^ Velikiĭ kinemo : katalog sokhranivshikhsi︠a︡ igrovykh filʹmov Rossii, 1908-1919. V. Ivanova, В. Иванова. Moskva: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie. 2002. ISBN 5-86793-155-2. OCLC 49633949.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)