Crown Prince of the Republic

1934 Comedy 65 minutes Directed by Eduard Ioganson

About Crown Prince of the Republic

Natasha tells Sergei she is pregnant. He leaves her and moves in with young architects who share one room in a big house. One of the tenants sets off a chain of accidents.

Cast & crew

More about Crown Prince of the Republic

Eduard Ioganson directed this silent comedy for Lenfilm. It was released in 1934 and runs 65 minutes. Pyotr Kirillov, Yevgeniya Pyryalova, Georgy Orlov, and Georgi Zhzhyonov are billed. The Russian title is Наследный принц республики.

Themes

  • A husband who walks out
  • A shared room of architects
  • Accidents from one tenant
  • Natasha
  • Sergei
  • Ioganson
  • Lenfilm

Notes

  • The couple is played as happy-go-lucky until the pregnancy.
  • The architects are crowded into a single room.
  • Zhzhyonov, later a well-known actor, is in this early cast.

Scenes

  • Natasha announces the child, and Sergei leaves.
  • He takes a place in the architects' room.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (1934. Наследный принц республики.webm)