Cinema in Russia
- Documentary
- History
Documentary film about early years of Russian cinema: its first directors, cameramen, producers and actors. Includes rare fragments of pre-revolutionary feature films, newsreels and Starewicz's animation.
Cast

Viktor Khokhryakov
Narrator

Leo Tolstoy
Archive footage

Yevgeni Petrov-Krayevsky
Film footage

Aleksandra Goncharova
Film footage

Michael Chekhov
Film footage
- Nikolai Vasilyev
Nikolai Vasilyev
Film footage
- Pavel Knorr
Pavel Knorr
Film footage

Andrey Gromov
Film footage

Ivan Mosjoukine
Film footage

Antoni Fertner
Film footage

Olga Drevnitskaya
Archive footage
- Ivan Poddubniy
Ivan Poddubniy
Archive footage

Pyotr Nesterov
Archive footage

Georgiy Sedov
Archive footage

Vera Kholodnaya
Film footage

Vladimir Maksimov
Film footage

Vera Karalli
Film footage

Vitold Polonsky
Film footage

Olga Gzovskaya
Film footage

Ivane Perestiani
Film footage

Ivan Khudoleyev
Film footage

Ossip Runitsch
Film footage

Nathalie Lissenko
Film footage

Vera Yureneva
Film footage

Lidiya Koreneva
Film footage
- Lidiya Tridenskaya
Lidiya Tridenskaya
Film footage

Feodor Chaliapin Sr.
Film footage

Konstantin Stanislavski
Archive footage

Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko
Archive footage
- Olga Knipper-Chekhova
Olga Knipper-Chekhova
Archive footage

Ivan Moskvin
Archive footage

Vladimir Lenin
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