After Death

After Death

1915 · 46 min · RU · 6.5 (33 votes)
Dir. Yevgeni Bauer · Starring Vitold Polonsky, Olga Rakhmanova, Georg Asagaroff, Vera Karalli, Marfa Kassatskaya, Mariya Khalatova
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Young scholar Andrei, fascinated by haunting actress Zoia Kadmina, is surprised when she sends him a note. The two have a brief scheduled meeting, then three months later Andrei is shocked to learn she has died. He becomes obsessed with her memory and decides he must find out all that he can about her.

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A deeply melancholic and somber experience, this silent film plunges into the depths of obsession and grief. Its gothic atmosphere and haunting imagery create a dreamlike, unsettling journey into the spectral realm of unrequited love and lingering guilt.

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