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Господа Скотинины (1927)
Character: Old peasant woman (uncredited)
A comedy starring Nina Shaternikova, The Skotinins is loosely based on the 18th century play The Minor by Denis Fonvizin. In it, the upper class is shown as both depraved and stupid, engaging a variety of absurd, over-the-top follies.
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Предатель (1926)
Character: Old prostitute (uncredited)
An agent working for the Tsar fools a group of Bolchevik sailors but is captured and punished after the revolution. Partially lost.
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Саламандра (1928)
Character: Enamored old Polish woman
The film is based on real events and reveals the tragic episodes from the life of the Austrian biologist scientist-materialist Paul Kammerer (1880-1926), hunted by regressive scientists and Catholic reactionaries who committed suicide.
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Его превосходительство (1928)
Character: Old revolutionary (uncredited)
This 1928 film features stylized cinematography and actors from the Moscow Art Theater in a fiction story based on the life of Jewish Labor Bund member Hirsch Lekert who attempted to assassinate the Vilna governor in 1902 to avenge the flogging of workers who participated in a May Day rally.
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Кто ты такой? (1927)
Character: Room owner (uncredited)
Adaptation of Jack Londos's short story "The South of the Slot". Partially lost.
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Чины и люди (1929)
Character: Gossip
From his early silent works, the great Russian film director, Herr Yakov Protazanov, made literary adaptations from equally great Russian writers, as is the case with "Chiny I Lyudi" ( Ranks And People ) (1929) in which three short stories by Chekhov, "Anna On The Neck", "Death Of A Petty Official" and "Chameleon" were assembled for the silent screen.
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Эх, яблочко, куды котишься (1926)
Character: Worker 'Rattler'
1918 Odessa. German occupiers plunder the city. Sailor Petrus, who has lagged behind the Red Army detachment, saves one of the victims of bandit terror - the girl Marusya... Years have passed. The time has come for peaceful construction in the country. Red commander Petrus and Marusya, who has become a teacher, meet in Moscow in one of the cafes, where both were attracted by the sounds of the popular song “Eh, apple...”, accompanying the adventure of the heroes.
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Чудесница (1936)
Character: Ulyana
Life in a Russian village at harvest time as idealized peasant pastoral, concentrating on the landscapes and folk songs of the region.
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Освобожденная земля (1946)
Character: Collective farmer
After the liberation of the Kuban by the Soviet Army troops, farmers return home and begin to restore the destroyed economy. Under the leadership of the young chairman, Nadiezdha Pritulyak, growers are working with great enthusiasm.
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Перегон смерти (1929)
Character: Mother
The fate of a simple railroad machinist Gavrilov, who under the influence of the events of the Civil War finds his place in the new era.
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Дон Диего и Пелагея (1928)
Character: Deaf old woman (uncredited)
The vain station master of a Russian train station out in the sticks has a quarrel with an old peasant woman and has her thrown in jail. The local party youth organisation finally manage to get her released, after having to cut through lots of red tape.
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Оторванные рукава (1928)
Character: N/A
About struggle of pioneers against children homelessness in time of New Economic Policy.
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Медведь (1938)
Character: N/A
A romantic comedy based on an Anton Chekhov play of the same name. A young man comes to collect a debt owed to him by the widow Popova's late husband. They argue , duel with pistols , and fall in love while all of this is witnessed by Popova's servant Luka.
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Моя любовь (1940)
Character: N/A
When Shura's sister dies, Shura starts taking care of her newly orphaned niece. Her fiancee, Grisha thinks the child may be Shura's own, and his suspicions estrange them. This leaves the way clear for a shy neighbor who has loved her from afar to gain points as a potential mate. Stenberg's design is simple and effective - a strongly-colored portrait of the pensive heroine at a table that provides space for the title and limited credits.
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