Love of a State Councillor

Silent film from 1915 which draws on the story of Carmen

Cast

Vladimir Elski

as State councillor von Brück

Marfa Kassatskaya

as Matilda Ivanovna, von Brück's mother

Vera Karalli

as Lola, the dancer

Mariya Khalatova

as Lola's mother

Vitali Bryanskiy

as Surdinskiy, the violinist

L. Zhukov

as Lola's partner

Lidiya Tridenskaya

as Matilda Ivanovna's guest

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