The King of Paris (1917 film)

1917 Russian film

The King of Paris

Король Парижа
Directed by| Yevgeni Bauer

Release date

* December 6, 1917 (1917-12-06)

Country| Russia
Language| Silent film

The King of Paris (Russian:Король Парижа, translit:Korol' Parizha) is a 1917 Russian silent feature film directed by Yevgeni Bauer.

The film was shot in the cinema factory of Aleksandr Khanzhonkov in Yalta. This was the last work of Yevgeni Bauer. As he worked on his previous film, For Happiness (ru: «За счастьем»), Bauer broke his leg, and he shot this film while in a bathchair, but soon fell ill with pneumonia. He began shooting in early summer of 1917,[1] but he was soon placed in Yalta hospital and on 9 June 1917 he died. Actress Olga Rakhmanova finished the film.

## Plot[edit]

The King of Paris

In Paris, Raskol takes young Bremond under his protection. He tells him that if he treats women as slaves, men as enemies and businessmen as puppets, he will become King of Paris. The two men, now passing as Count de Saint-Venkov and Marquis de Predamond apply the recipe very successfully. However, when Bremond wants to marry the Duchess von Dorstein for her money, he will have to confront her son, who has changed his name to Jean Hiénard and lives a simple life as a sculptor.[2]

## Cast[edit]

* Vjacheslav Svoboda as Roger "King of Paris"
* Nikolai Radin as Rascol Venkov
* Emma Bauer as Furstin Von Dorstein
* Mikhail Stalski as Jean Hiénard
* Lydia Koreneva as Lucienne Marechal
* Marija Boldireva as Juliette
* Vera Karalli (cameo)

## Release[edit]

The premiere was held one month after the October Revolution, 6 December 1917. Preoccupied by the revolution, the film was unnoticed by audiences and critics. The only known copy of the film has lain for almost 100 years in the Russian State archives.[1][3][4] A screening of the film took place in Yalta at the 130th anniversary of Aleksandr Khanzhonkov in September 2007.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b ru: Киноклуб Феникс
2. ^ Review, synopsis and link to see the film "A cinema history". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
3. ^ ru: Site of Russian film and theater
4. ^ Kinozal.MD[permanent dead link]
5. ^ ru: Russian Information Agency «Новый Регион» Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine

## External links[edit]

* The King of Paris at IMDb

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Films directed by Yevgeni Bauer

* Twilight of a Woman's Soul (1913)
* The Post Troika Races Along (1914)
* The Free Bird (1914)
* The Girl from the Street (1914)
* Her Heroic Feat (1914)
* Life and Death (1914)
* Silent Witnesses (1914)
* Glory to Us, Death to the Enemy (1914)
* Tears (1914)
* Daydreams (1915)
* The 1002nd Ruse (1915)
* Children of the Age (1915)
* Heavenly Wings (1915)
* Song of Triumphant Love (1915)
* The Vanquisher of Women's Hearts (1915)
* After Death (1915)
* The Happiness of Eternal Night (1915)
* The Thousand and Second Cunning (1915)
* The Old Wrestler's Grief (1916)
* A Life for a Life (1916)
* The Queen of the Screen (1916)
* Alarm (1917)
* The Revolutionary (1917)
* The Dying Swan (1917)
* For Happiness (1917)
* The King of Paris (1917)

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