Antonina Shalomytova

Adapted from four different Russian folk-tales, this early Soviet fantasy film tells the story of Emelya the Fool, who, fishing one day, catches a talking pike who pleads for his life and in return grants Emelya wishes for a life spared.

Pavlova's superb partner Mikhail Mordkin directs and stars in Aziacie, (1918) adapted from his own ballet, originally produced at the Metropolitan, New York