Friday 22 September 2017

The problem with princesses

Stenka Razin (1908)

Directed by Vladimir Romashkov this film stars Yevgeni Petrov-Krayevsky. A group of bandits lead by the title character capture a Muslim princess and their leader becomes obsessed with her.

Taking a real Russian folk hero this is a fictional tale based around his life and claims to be the first Russian narrative film. Essentially this is a simple plot with not a lot to it but for the period it hold ups well. There is not a lot to remark upon here but it's not the worst early film you will ever see.


3/5

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