Olga Preobrazhenskaya
Directing
Biography
Russian film director, screenwriter, and actress.
Born: July 24, 1881
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Known For
Petersburg Slums
Five-episode adaptation of the eponymous Russian novel, directed by Pyotr Chardynin et al.
The Keys to Happiness
Directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yakov Protazanov, this two-part epic was the most expensive Russian film at the time and smashed box office records. It is now considered lost, with only a 4 minute clip surviving.
The Great Passion
Based on the famous novel "Michael" by Heinrich Bang.
War and Peace
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
The Day Before
Locksmith and Chancellor
The Government of the fictional country Norland has unleashed a war with the neighboring Galikania and is suffering one defeat after another. A group of conspirators who were dissatisfied with this state of affairs, led by the Social Democrat Frank Frey arrange a coup to overthrew the emperor of Norland. But the working class does not like the new order either. Workers expose Frank Frey's policy of continuing the war and a revolution breaks out in the country. The leader of the socialist revolution becomes a mechanic of the name Franz Stark.
Filmography
as Iza, street harpist
as Elena Strakhova
as Natasha Rostova
as Anna Chechevanskaya
as Manya Eltsova