The Bartered Soul
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Millionaire Gornostayev and ballet dancer in Ilona are always arguing about what is more important - youth and beauty or wealth. Ilona thought that youth and beauty are more important, but Gornostayew disagreed with her. He intended to prove Ilona that she in wrong. Gornostayew signed a contract with young worker Alexey. They moved abroad. Year later. Alexey changed into a real aristocrat and returned to Russia. Gornostayew introduced Alexey to Ilona and she falls in love with him.
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Cast
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Zoia Karabanova
Ilona, the ballerina
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The Beauty Contest
Iona Talanov
Gornostaev, the millionaire
Also in
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Alexandre Volkoff
Also in
The Picture of Dorian Grey
The Keys to Happiness
Yuri Yurovsky
Belinskiy, Gornostaev's friend
Known for
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Nicolas Rimsky
Aleksey, young factory worker
Also in
L'heureuse mort
Father Sergius
E. Valevskaya
Masha, Aleksey's fiancée
Also in
Freemasons
Olga Kondorova
Also in
Father Sergius
Jenny the Maid
N. Kleyn
Elizaveta Valerskaya
Nikolai Popov
Alexandre Volkoff Director · Mikhail Sharapov Production designer
First release October 23, 1919 · Produced in Russia · Original title Люди гибнут за металл
Production
Yermoliev
Production
Russia
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Original title
Люди гибнут за металл
Original language
Russian
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No dialogue
Release dates
Russia · October 23, 1919
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