After Death (1915 film)

After Death (Russian: По́сле сме́рти, Pósle smérti, "After death") is a 1915 Russian film directed by Yevgeni Bauer. It is based on the novella Klara Milich by Ivan Turgenev.^[1][2][3][4]

After Death
Russian: По́сле сме́рти
Directed by	Yevgeni Bauer
Written by	Ivan Turgenev (novel) Yevgeni Bauer
Starring	Vitold Polonsky Olga Rakhmanova Vera Karalli
Cinematography	Boris Zavelev
Music by	Neil Brand
Release date	1915 (1915)
Running time	About 46 min.
Country	Russian Empire

Plot

The film is based on the novella Klara Milich (1883) by Ivan Turgenev.

"Reclusive young man Andrei is reluctantly persuaded out to social events by his friend Tsenin, and encounters the beautiful actress Zoia. The two meet briefly but then he does not see her for months. He is then shocked to learn that she has collapsed and died, and he becomes morbidly and madly obsessed with her."^[5]

Starring

Vitold Polonsky and Vera Karalli

• Vitold Polonsky – Andrei Bagrov
• Olga Rakhmanova – Kapitolana Markovna, Andrei's aunt
• Vera Karalli – Zoia Kadmina
• Mariya Khalatova – Zoia's mother (as M. Khalatova)
• Tamara Gedevanova – Zoia's sister
• Marfa Kassatskaia – Princess Tarskaia
• Georg Asagaroff – Tsenin, Andrei's friend ^[6][7]