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The King of Paris

191762 minRussia
Drama

Synopsis

An experienced swindler teaches a younger man to treat society as a collection of people to manipulate. Adopting aristocratic identities gives the pair access to Parisian wealth, and a rich duchess becomes the target of a marriage scheme. Her son, who has chosen the simpler life of a sculptor, stands between their calculated ambitions and the fortune they expect to obtain.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
61:50
Subtitles
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Yevgeni Bauer · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsYevgeni Bauer

Behind the scenes

This was Bauer's final film. Illness interrupted his work at Khanzhonkov's Yalta studio, and Olga Rakhmanova completed the production after his death.

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  • Nikolai Radin — Unknown author Unknown author; Открытка из моей личной коллекции, выпущенная в Российской империи до 1917 года · Public domain
  • Lydia Koreneva — Unknown author Unknown author; v-vulf.ru · Public domain

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