Pyotr Ivanovich Chardynin (Russian: ПÑ'тр Иванович
Чардынин) (10 February [O.S. 28 January] 1873 â€" 14 August
1934) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Pyotr
Chardynin, one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian
Empire, directed over a hundred silent films during his career.Pyotr
Chardynin was born Pyotr Ivanovich Krasavtsev on 10 February 1873 in
Simbirsk, Russian Empire (now Ulyanovsk, Russia). In 1890 he was
admitted to the Drama School of Moscow Philharmonic Society, where he
studied under Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko from 1891. After
graduating he adopted stage name of Chardynin and started both acting
and directing career in provincial Russian theatres in Belgorod,
Orekhovo-Zuevo, Uralsk, and Vologda.In 1908 Chardynin joined the
troupe at Vvedensky Narodny Dom in Moscow and, as a part of it,
started his film acting career in A 16th Century Russian Wedding and
Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov. In 1909 Chardynin debuted as a
director with The Power of Darkness and soon become the principal
director for Aleksandr Khanzhonkov's film company. In 1916, however,
facing the serious competition from Yevgeni Bauer, Chardynin left the
Khanzhonkov and, together with Vera Kholodnaya and several other
leading actors joined Dmitriy Kharitonov's studio in Odessa. There
Chardynin made several successful films including Molchi, grust...
molchi.
Чардынин) (10 February [O.S. 28 January] 1873 â€" 14 August
1934) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Pyotr
Chardynin, one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian
Empire, directed over a hundred silent films during his career.Pyotr
Chardynin was born Pyotr Ivanovich Krasavtsev on 10 February 1873 in
Simbirsk, Russian Empire (now Ulyanovsk, Russia). In 1890 he was
admitted to the Drama School of Moscow Philharmonic Society, where he
studied under Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko from 1891. After
graduating he adopted stage name of Chardynin and started both acting
and directing career in provincial Russian theatres in Belgorod,
Orekhovo-Zuevo, Uralsk, and Vologda.In 1908 Chardynin joined the
troupe at Vvedensky Narodny Dom in Moscow and, as a part of it,
started his film acting career in A 16th Century Russian Wedding and
Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov. In 1909 Chardynin debuted as a
director with The Power of Darkness and soon become the principal
director for Aleksandr Khanzhonkov's film company. In 1916, however,
facing the serious competition from Yevgeni Bauer, Chardynin left the
Khanzhonkov and, together with Vera Kholodnaya and several other
leading actors joined Dmitriy Kharitonov's studio in Odessa. There
Chardynin made several successful films including Molchi, grust...
molchi.
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