Love of a State Councillor

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Love of a State Councillor

1915

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Silent film from 1915 which draws on the story of Carmen

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7 members

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Владимир Эльский

State councillor von Brück

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Martha von Konssatzki

Matilda Ivanovna, von Brück's mother

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Вера Каралли

Lola, the dancer

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Мария Мироновна Халатова

Lola's mother

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Виталий Брянский

Surdinskiy, the violinist

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L. Zhukov

Lola's partner

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Лидия Триденская

Matilda Ivanovna's guest

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