A Life for a Life

Alternate title(s): Her Sister’s Rival
Foreign Title: Zhizn za zhizn
Date: January 01, 1916 to December 31, 1916
Dates Note: 1916
Country of Origin: Russia
Place of Origin: Russia
Languages: Silent
Color: B&W
Silent: Yes
Based On: the novel Serge Panine by Georges Ohnet
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In Focus: Eisenstein and His Contemporaries
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A great yet little-known talent of silent cinema, the theater director and photographer-turned-filmmaker Evgenii Bauer was much in demand for his opulent set designs and subtly lit compositions. Praised as “an artistic treasure” during its release, and starring the incomparable Russian diva Vera Kholodnaya, A Life for a Life follows a wealthy matriarch, her two daughters (one adopted), a merchant, and a dashing yet irresponsible prince as they juggle fate, family, love, and funding. Emblematic of the “salon psychology” dramas of the era, it still captures the eye, thanks to Bauer’s flair for lighting and design.

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Jason Sanders

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