Laundress' Friend
История бедной рабочей семьи в Праге конца 1920-х годов.
An unmarried showgirl takes a handsome companion with her on a vacation, to the distress of others.
A tragic story of a ballerina.
Moskine's wife
The washerwoman
Seamstress Mary dreams of a better life outside a sweatshop. Her dreams come true when she draws the attention of the bourgeois Victor. She soon tires of him, and thanks to her, his money is almost gone. When he suggests settling down outside the big city, where his money could be enough for a modest living, she leaves him and picks up a new lover. A year later, he is living in a shabby, cold hovel, still pining away for her.
Solokha
Основано на повести Н.В. Гоголя. Сын местной ведьмы кузнец Вакула пытается посвататься к своей возлюбленной - красавице Оксане. Та обещает выйти за него замуж при условии, что он принесет ей пару туфель, подходящих для царицы. Вакуле приходится обмануть самого черта, чтобы исполнить желание Оксаны.
A man rents out his uncle's room to all kinds of people.
A significant part of the 1912 production "A Life for the Tsar" was used in this film.
Two peasants in feudal Russia wish to marry but tragedy strikes. A grim if familiar depiction of the precarious condition of the rural life.
Bride's Mother
Pассказывает о капризной барышне, привыкшей к постоянному вниманию со стороны мужчин.
A dramatization of a wedding in 16th-century Russia, between members of two prominent boyar families (based on paintings by Konstantin Makovskii): Three matchmakers first visit the family of the prospective bride, and then do the same with the prospective bridegroom's family. Later, as the time of the wedding draws near, the bride is dressed with great formality and prepared for the ceremony, as the guests get ready to celebrate the upcoming wedding.
