Movie

The Precipice (1913)

• September 17, 1913
• 1h 30m

• Drama

Overview

Based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Goncharov. Raisky falls in love with his second cousin Vera, but she coldly rejects his advances. He soon learns that Vera is having an affair with exiled official Mark Volokhov, with whom She is secretly dating. One day, Vera, in a fit of passion, gives herself to Volokhov, which she immediately regrets doing. Raisky and Tatyana Markovna suffer along with her having learned about Vera’s situation. Volokhov invites Vera to marry him but she refuses his proposal. After all these passions, calm comes and in the final frames of the picture, Raisky draws a portrait of Vera, and then sits down to write a long-planned novel.

Director

Pyotr Chardynin

Writers

Ivan Goncharov, Mariya Kallash-Harris

Starring

Yuliya Vasileva, Ivan Mosjoukine, Vera Yureneva