Silent Witnesses
{{Infobox film
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|ru|Немые свидетели}}
| director = Yevgeni Bauer
| released = {{Film date|1914}}
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = Russia
| language = Silent
}}
Silent Witnesses ({{Langx|ru|Немые свидетели|Nemyye svideteli}}) is a 1914 Russian film directed by Yevgeni Bauer about the relationship between masters and servants in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Plot
File:Silent Witnesses (1914).webm
When Variusha, a maid in a Russian upper-class household, is not allowed to go and see her children in the country, the porter's granddaughter Nastya agrees to replace her. Soon she attracts the attention of Pavel, the son of the house, who starts flirting with her. When Nastya finds out that Yelena, Pavel's fiancée, has a lover, she tries to chase him away and refuses the money offered to her to remain silent. But Pavel does not want to endanger the wedding arranged for him. He has lost interest in Nastya and treats her only as a maid.Review and synopsis: {{cite web |url=http://www.acinemahistory.com/2014/01/nemye-svideteli-1914.html|title=A cinema history|accessdate=2 May 2020}}
Cast
- Aleksandr Chargonin as Pavel Kostritsyn
- Aleksandr Kheruvimov as The Porter
- Dora Chitorina as Nastya
- Elsa Krueger as Yelena
- Andrey Gromov
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|tt0004390}}
{{Yevgeni Bauer}}
Category:Articles containing video clips
Category:Russian silent feature films
Category:Russian black-and-white films
Category:Films of the Russian Empire
Category:1910s Russian-language films
Category:Russian-language drama films
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