Masquerade
About Masquerade
In St. Petersburg, Nina loses a bracelet at a masked ball. Another woman gives it to the officer Kazarsky and will not say whose it was. The bracelet starts the suspicion that pulls Nina's marriage apart.
Cast & crew
More about Masquerade
Sergei Gerasimov directed and adapted Mikhail Lermontov's play. Lenfilm made it for the centenary of Lermontov's death. Vyacheslav Gordanov photographed it. Venedikt Pushkov wrote the music. Wikidata dates the release September 16, 1941, and gives 104 minutes. Tamara Makarova plays Nina. Nikolai Mordvinov is billed. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Background
Released in 1941, a hundred years after Lermontov's death.
Making
Gerasimov staged Lermontov's ball on the Lenfilm sets for the 1941 centenary.
Look
Vyacheslav Gordanov shot the masked ball and the rooms where the bracelet is missed.
Music
Venedikt Pushkov wrote the music.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Lermontov died in 1841. The film was timed to that centenary.
- The Russian title is Maskarad.
- Sofiya Magarill, Mikhail Sadovsky, and Emil Gal are billed. Gerasimov also appears.
- An earlier file date of March 24, 1941, is not the Wikidata release date.
Scenes
- Nina loses the bracelet at the ball.
- Another woman hands it to Kazarsky and keeps the owner's name.
Influenced by
- Mikhail Lermontov's Masquerade
