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Aleksandr Kuprin

Writer
Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870–1938) was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911). Kuprin was highly praised by fellow writers including Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Leonid Andreyev, Ivan Bunin and Leo Tolstoy, the latter proclaiming him a true successor to Chekhov. Vladimir Nabokov called him "the Russian Kipling" for his stories about pathetic adventure-seekers, who are often 'neurotic and vulnerable'. All through the 20th century Alexander Kuprin remained one of the widest read classics in Russian literature, with many films based on his works.

07-09-1870

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Virgo

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Alexandr Kuprin, Alexander Kuprin, А. Куприн

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Narovchat, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]

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Desire for Love

Desire for Love

A young governess arrives from Moscow to an ancient Russian city. She is invited to the house of one of the richest people in Russia to raise his daughter. While still on the train, the girl falls in love with engineer Alarin. And now the owner of the house has a passionate feeling for her.
0.0

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1993

A Sacrifice for the Emperor

A Sacrifice for the Emperor

The film is based on documentary facts and tells the story of an officer in the Japanese General Staff who received the task under the name of Captain Rybnikov to infiltrate the military circles of St.Petersburg. It was exposed after the famous Tsushima battle of 1904, when Japan destroyed the entire Russian Far Eastern fleet.
0.0

Year:

1991

The Hole

The Hole

A few days from the life of average brothel in early XX century Russia. Based on the classical novel by Aleksandr Kuprin.
3.0

Year:

1990

The Favorite

The Favorite

A clown leaves the circus where he performed for many years. Accompanied by his nephew and white puddle Arto, he starts performing street shows to earn for living.
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1985

And Then Came Bumbo...

And Then Came Bumbo...

A very sick girl asks her father to get her a live elephant. Based on the early stories by Alexander Kuprin.
5.7

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1984

Shurochka

Shurochka

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1982

Olesya

Olesya

Drama based on the book by Kuprin. A young man from the city falls in love with a girl from the country side. She is not accepted by the village community: people think she is a witch.
5.4

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1971

The Girl and the Elephant

The Girl and the Elephant

The story about an elephant who could read but not write.
0.0

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1969

The Garnet Bracelet

The Garnet Bracelet

The story of a sublime unrequited love of a petty official for a young socialite.
6.2

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1965

Anathema

Anathema

It is year 1900 in Pre-Revolutionary Russia and Deacon Olympius begins to take interest in secular literature. When he stumbles upon a book by Tolstoy, he is humbled and inspired to lead a just life. Based on a story by Aleksandr Kuprin.
6.0

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1960

Duel

Duel

Love story filmed in Russia.
7.0

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1957

The Blonde Witch

The Blonde Witch

Brulard, a French civil engineer on assignment in a remote Swedish village, meets Ina, who has been raised in forested isolation by her haggish mother and believes herself to be a witch. He falls in love with her and tries to convert her to civilization; but in the meantime, his female boss, Kristina, has fallen in love with him, while the villagers turn against him for consorting with someone they believe is cursed by the Devil.
6.2

Year:

1956

The White Poodle

The White Poodle

A story about three circus actors and their adventures. Based on classic novel by Aleksandr Kuprin.
8.0

Year:

1955

Asylum

Asylum

Carlos goes to visit his girlfriend Juana at the asylum where she works. Once there, the director introduces him to his niece, who is obsessed with playing the harp, and to a nurse who repeats word for word what Carlos says.
5.0

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1954

Sisters of the Gion

Sisters of the Gion

Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a loser. She thinks that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them. Omocha therefore tries various schemes to get rid of Furusawa, and set themselves up with better patrons.
7.2

Year:

1936

Coward

Coward

0.0

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1914

The Duel

The Duel

Romashov, an officer, receives an invitation from Nicolayeff, whose wife's birthday is coming up. At the birthday party, it turns out that his wife is very charmed by Romashov. During the picnic in the forest, they seclude themselves from the rest of the party and on a bench they kiss each other. Another, jealous officer, who also has a crush on her, sneaks up on the couple. Sensing this, they flee, but the woman leaves behind her fan, on which Romashov has written a declaration of love. The jealous officer gives the fan to Nicolayeff, who then challenges Romashov to a duel. During the duel, the lover deliberately fires into the air and is shot. Based on the novel by Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin.
0.0

Year:

1910