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Sofya Levitina

Sofya Levitina

Acting

Biography

Sofya Levitina was born on 9 September 1877. She was an actress, known for Boule de suif (1934), Aelita, the Queen of Mars (1924) and Don Diego i Pelageya (1928). She died in 1950.

Known For

Gavroche
9.0

Gavroche learns that his father, who was exiled to hard labor, dies. Hatred of the tyrant-king leads the boy to the barricades of Montmartre.

Gavroche

1937
Aelita: Queen of Mars
5.9

A young man travels to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group with the support of Queen Aelita, who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.

Aelita: Queen of Mars

1924
Boule de Suif
6.2

A film adaptation of the short story of the same name by Guy de Maupassant. The action takes place in the XIX century. Franco-Prussian War of 1870. A group of French bourgeois leaves in a stagecoach from Rouen occupied by Prussian troops. Along with them comes one attractive demimonde lady. The only way to get out is to persuade her, nicknamed "Ball-of-Fat" a la "Boule-de-Suif" to satisfy the lust of the head of the gendarmerie...

Boule de Suif

1934
Don Diego and Pelagia
4.7

The vain station master of a Russian train station out in the sticks has a quarrel with an old peasant woman and has her thrown in jail. The local party youth organisation finally manage to get her released, after having to cut through lots of red tape.

Don Diego and Pelagia

1928
Ranks and People
5.6

From his early silent works, the great Russian film director, Herr Yakov Protazanov, made literary adaptations from equally great Russian writers, as is the case with "Chiny I Lyudi" ( Ranks And People ) (1929) in which three short stories by Chekhov, "Anna On The Neck", "Death Of A Petty Official" and "Chameleon" were assembled for the silent screen.

Ranks and People

1929
The Three Million Trial
6.1

History of theft and double crossing when two thieves fall out over the theft of the money of the proceeds of the sale of a house by a banker to a religious community.

The Three Million Trial

1926
Petersburg Nights
5.8

A loose Communist adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novel. The serf Egor Efimov, a talented violinist, dreams of true art. Released by his landlord, he goes to the capital. But cold, bureaucratic St. Petersburg quickly destroys his illusions.

Petersburg Nights

1934
The Yellow Ticket
5.6

Jacob, a farmer, returns from the war to his wife Marie and begs the landlord baron for a plot of land to rent. The Baron grants the request, but only for a barren, rocky, useless acreage. The pair struggle to make do on this land, but then the Baron demands that Maria leave her husband to serve as wet nurse to his married daughter Anya's new baby, on threat of eviction. While nursing the daughter's baby, Maria receives unwelcome attentions from the daughter's husband, and a scandal erupts, ruining Maria in her husband's eyes. When she escapes from her employers and seeks to return home, the police give her the yellow passport signifying a prostitute, further degrading her. She approaches home, unsure of the reception that awaits her.

The Yellow Ticket

1928
And Quiet Flows the Don
5.1

The first screen adaptation of an epic Russian novel about a village of Cossacks on the Don River, covering the last days of peace on the riverside before the beginning of the First World War.

And Quiet Flows the Don

1931
Misunderstood
N/A

The film tells about the class struggle in the countryside during the creation of the first collective farms. Only the first part has survived. Director Ivan Pyryev began work on the film. It has not been preserved in its entirety.

Misunderstood

1931
Begstvuyushchiy ostrov
N/A

No description available.

Begstvuyushchiy ostrov

1929
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10.0

Two young women fight over the love of a hunter.

Rivals

1929
No image
N/A

Lost film.

Alyona's Love

1934
Two Mothers
N/A

The tragic story of a young woman named Yulia, who fell in love with a married man and lost her only child.

Two Mothers

1931
Victory of Women
10.0

About life and customs in the boyar environment during the reign of Peter I.

Victory of Women

1927
In the Clutches of the Soviets
N/A

Day in and day out, factory worker Wolfer enjoys his luxurious life. But one day he wakes up after another night of drinking and is horrified to learn that the October Revolution has taken place. It took away the manufacturer's luxurious life. Wolfer's mansion, jewelry, and excess clothes were requisitioned. In the end, the manufacturer has to sweep the streets. He flees to Paris, where he finds a job in a circus with great difficulty.

In the Clutches of the Soviets

1926