The Little House in Kolomna
About The Little House in Kolomna
A widow, played by Praskovya Maksimova, lives with her unmarried daughter Parasha, played by Sofya Goslavskaya, and asks her to find a cheap cook. Parasha brings home an officer she loves, Ivan Mozzhukhin, dressed as the cook Mavrusha. The disguise produces a string of comic scrapes. The widow finally catches Mavrusha shaving, and the trick is exposed. Pyotr Chardynin directed the Khanzhonkov short from Pushkin's 1830 poem.
Cast & crew
More about The Little House in Kolomna
Aleksandr Khanzhonkov produced it and Ladislas Starevich photographed it. The Russian Wikipedia dates the release November 1, 1913. Wikidata lists 30 minutes, and the Russian page gives a circulating copy at 29 minutes 58 seconds.
Themes
Background
The short is a Kolomna vaudeville taken from Pushkin's 1830 poem of the same name.
Look
Ladislas Starevich photographed the Khanzhonkov comedy.
Preservation
A copy runs 29 minutes 58 seconds on the Russian Wikipedia file. The page says the film is in the public domain.
Notes
- Goslavskaya later counted Parasha among her best roles, according to the Russian Wikipedia.
- The Russian page says the film had entered the public domain by the twenty-first century.
- Pushkin's poem ends on the same shaving discovery, with the widow fainting and Mavrusha fleeing.
- Mozzhukhin is the officer in the dress, not a separate comic lead.
Scenes
- The widow walks in on Mavrusha shaving and the officer's disguise collapses.
Influenced by
- Alexander Pushkin's 1830 poem The Little House in Kolomna
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Домик в Коломне. (1913).webm)
