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| Directed by | Yakov Protazanov Alexandre Volkoff |
| Written by | Leo Tolstoy (novel) Alexandre Volkoff |
| Produced by | Joseph N. Ermolieff |
| Starring | Ivan Mosjoukine |
| Cinematography | Fédote Bourgasoff Nikolas Roudakoff |
| Music by | Y. Bukke |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Languages | Silent film with Russian intertitles |
Father Sergius (Russian: Отец Сергий, translit. Otets Sergiy) is a 1918 Soviet Russian silent film directed by Yakov Protazanov and Alexandre Volkoff.[1] It is based on the 1911 posthumously published story of the same name by Leo Tolstoy.[2]
This was the first film version of the story, as the depiction of priests was not permitted in the film industry of the Russian Empire until after the October Revolution in 1917.[2] Ivan Mosjoukine plays the title role.[2]
Father Sergius was screened in the United Kingdom in 1920 and 1927.[2]
- ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- ^ a b c d "The Film Society". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 14 February 1927. Retrieved 29 December 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.