The Precipice
Original title: Обрыв
Overview
Based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Goncharov. Raisky falls in love with his second cousin Vera, but she coldly rejects his advances. He soon learns that Vera is having an affair with exiled official Mark Volokhov, with whom She is secretly dating. One day, Vera, in a fit of passion, gives herself to Volokhov, which she immediately regrets doing. Raisky and Tatyana Markovna suffer along with her having learned about Vera’s situation. Volokhov invites Vera to marry him but she refuses his proposal. After all these passions, calm comes and in the final frames of the picture, Raisky draws a portrait of Vera, and then sits down to write a long-planned novel.
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Crew
- Director
- Pyotr Chardynin
- Writers
- Mariya Kallash-Harris, Ivan Goncharov
- Production
- A. Khanzhonkov and Co.
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Who directed The Precipice?
The Precipice was directed by Pyotr Chardynin.
When was The Precipice released?
The Precipice was released in 1913.
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