This film was a true peculiarity, a filmed version of the great Feodor Chaliapin in one of his most famous roles; the fact that it was a silent film, with title cards, meant that audiences could only appreciate his acting. Another curiosity is that the film also included a minor role enacted by Richard Boleslavsky, who in 1932 directed “Rasputin and the Empress.”(9)

Only fragments exist of this early version of Mat [Mother] by Aleksandr Razumnyj.

About a young pretty bride, who cannot choose between all the grooms that circles around her...