Krechinsky's Wedding
About Krechinsky's Wedding
Alexander Drankov's short stages separate scenes from Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin's comedy, following the blocking of the Alexandrinsky Theatre production. The scenes are from the second act. Cardsharp Mikhail Krechinsky has won the consent of a provincial landowner's daughter, and with it a large dowry, but his goods are pledged and his creditors are close. He needs a few thousand rubles to hold on until the wedding. Aleksandr Novinsky plays Krechinsky, Vladimir Davydov plays Rasplyuev, and Vasily Garlin plays the valet Fyodor.
Cast & crew
More about Krechinsky's Wedding
Drankov directed, produced, and photographed the picture. Russian Wikipedia gives the original length as 125 meters and the premiere as 16 November 1908, 29 November New Style.
Themes
Background
A 1908 Petersburg comedy short, released the same year Russian producers were moving from actualities to played scenes.
Making
Drankov filmed actors from the Alexandrinsky staging rather than restaging the whole play.
Look
Alexander Drankov photographed the acted scenes himself.
Preservation
Russian Wikipedia says the film survives incomplete. The original length was 125 meters.
Notes
- It is among the earliest Russian fiction shorts.
- The Russian title is Свадьба Кречинского.
- IMDb lists it as tt0165383.
- A Wikimedia Commons file of the title runs 31 seconds.
Scenes
- Krechinsky and Rasplyuev work through the second-act scrape over the money he needs before the wedding.
Influenced by
- Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin's play Krechinsky's Wedding
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1908. Свадьба Кречинского.webm)