Отец Сергий (Otets Sergii)
(Father Sergius)
Also known as Pater Sergius in Denmark and in Hungary; Isä Sergius in Finland; Le père Serge in France; Fader Sergius in Norway and in Sweden; Ojciec Sergiusz in Poland; El padre Sergio in Spain : [Otets Sergiy], [Father Sergius]
(1918) Soviet Union
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Yakov Protazanov [?] and Aleksandr Volkov?
Cast: Ivan Mosjoukine [Prince Kasatski, later Father Sergius], Olga Kondorova [Countess Korotkova], V. Dzheneyeva [Maria, her daughter], Vladimir Gajdarov [Nikolai I], Nikolai Panov [Kasatski’s father], Nathalie Lissenko [the merchant Makovkin’s widow], Iona Talanov [a merchant], Vera Orlova [his daughter], Pyotr Baksheyev, Polikarp Pavlov, Nicolas Rimsky
Ermoliev production. / Produced by Joseph N. Ermoliev. Scenario by Aleksandr Volkov, from the short story “Otets Sergii” by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Leo Tolstoy). Art direction by Vladimir Ballyuzek and Aleksandr Lochakov. Costume design by V. Vorobyev. Cinematography by Fyodor Burgasov, Nikolai Rudakov and Stanislaw Sebel. / Released 14 May 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Poland as Ojciec Sergiusz by Sfinks in 1919. The film was released in Sweden as Fader Sergius on 1 March 1920. The film was released in Finland as Isä Sergius on 18 October 1920. The film was released in Hungary as Pater Sergius on 27 January 1923. The film was released in Japan on 1 May 1925.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Authors: Leo Tolstoy
Listing updated: 9 September 2018.
References: Bardèche-History p. 140; Limbacher-Feature p. 77; Shipman-Cinema p. 64 : Website-IMDb.
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