Chrysanthemums
About Chrysanthemums
Ballerina Vera Nevolina, played by Vera Karalli, loves Vladimir, played by Ivan Mozzhukhin, who is deep in debt. She offers him her jewels so he can pay. He turns to a young rich widow, hoping a marriage will clear the debts instead. Pyotr Chardynin wrote and directed the Khanzhonkov short. Raisa Reyzen plays the widow.
Cast & crew
More about Chrysanthemums
Boris Zavelev photographed it, and Wikidata lists 30 minutes and the year 1914. Sofya Goslavskaya, Lidiya Tridenskaya, and Aleksandr Kheruvimov, as the theater administrator, are also billed. A 2009 amateur remake titled Pietà was made in Saint Petersburg by the studio Decadence.
Themes
Look
Boris Zavelev photographed the Khanzhonkov short.
Notes
- Karalli's character carries the dancer's first name, Vera.
- Mozzhukhin's Vladimir is described as enamored and heavily in debt.
- The English plot does not say whether the widow accepts him.
- Kheruvimov's role is the theater administrator.
Scenes
- Vera offers her jewels, and Vladimir goes courting a rich widow instead.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Хризантемы. (1914).webm)
