简介：本片被认为是苏联默片时代最伟大的作品之一，OlgaPreobrazhenskaya是苏联历史上首位女导演，在苏联早期电影史上她的位置非常重要。 Russia1914.ShortlybeforetheoutbreakoftheFirstWorldWar,sothattheotherwisequietlifeintheRussianvillageRiasansuddenlystandsonitshead.Themenofthestep-sistersAnnaandWassiliabeinservicetothefront.Withawarrantsummoninghugechangeinthelivesoftwowomen,likethatoftheothervillagers. Actress,director,andscenaristOlgaPreobrazhenskayaisconsideredtobeoneofthemostimportantwomeninSovietcinema.ShewasnotonlyoneofthemostpopularactressesofearlyRussianfilm,shewasalsothatcountry'sfirstfemaledirector.Pr...Actress,director,andscenaristOlgaPreobrazhenskayaisconsideredtobeoneofthemostimportantwomeninSovietcinema.ShewasnotonlyoneofthemostpopularactressesofearlyRussianfilm,shewasalsothatcountry'sfirstfemaledirector.PreobrazhenskayabeganhercareerasanactressattheMoscowArtTheaterwheresherecievedhertraining.AfterthatsheactedinmanyprovincialRussiantheatersbeforestarringinherfirstfilmKliuchakhschastia(1913),atremendouslypopularworkbasedonbestsellingnovelbyAnastasiaVerbitskaia.Shewentontostarinseveralmorebig-budgetpre-revolutionarymoviesuntil1916whensheco-directedBaryshnia-krestiankawithVladimirGardin.Shedidnotdirectagainuntil1926aftershehadbeenteachinginthefirstSovietfilmschoolforseveralyearsafterthe1917Revolution.Hernexttwofilmsweretargetedforchildren.After1927shecollaboratedwithdirectorIvanPravovuntil1941.Theirbestknownfilm,consideredoneofthegreatestfilmsofearlySovietcinema,wasBabyRyazanskie(1927)thestoryofatraditionalyoungwomanwhoisrapedbyherfather-in-law.Preobrazhenskayacontinueddirectinguntiltheendofthe'30s.…