Vera Karalli
Birthday: 1889-07-27
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Biography: Vera Karalli was a Russian ballerina turned star silent film actress. A mistress of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, she reportedly was a co-conspirator in the plot to murder Grigori Rasputin in December 1916. She died in Austria in 1972.
Movies
The Dying Swan
After being betrayed by her playboy lover, a heartbroken mute young woman joins a ballet company; du...
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The Happiness of Eternal Night
A blind woman is cured by a doctor, but when her sight is restored she accidently mistakes her kind ...
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The Draconian Contract
The waiter Antosha is in love with the restaurant owner's daughter. This distracts Antosha from his ...
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Cinema in Russia
Documentary film about early years of Russian cinema: its first directors, cameramen, producers and ...
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After Death
Young scholar Andrei, fascinated by haunting actress Zoia Kadmina, is surprised when she sends him a...
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A Woman's Revenge
In order to punish her cold, brutal aristocratic husband for murdering her lover, a woman becomes a ...
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The King of Paris
The lives of two young men-- A virtuous artist who's renounced a background of riches and a debonair...
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Cinema — for the Soldier
Filming of the collection of donations during the cinematic film week "To a Soldier in the trenches"...
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