Romance with a Double Bass (1911)
7m
Running Time
November 16, 1911Release Date
Romance with a Double Bass (1911)
7m
Running Time
November 16, 1911Release Date
Plot.
Princess Bibulova decides to go fishing along the river, while not far away, a musician leaves his two companions to go for a swim. Soon afterwards, the princess also goes swimming. While neither swimmer is looking, two thieves lurking on the riverbank steal their clothes, leaving the musician and the princess in a puzzling and embarrassing situation.
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Cast & Crew.
Vera Gorskaya
Princess Bibulova
Nikolai Vasilyev
Actor
Kai Hansen
Director
Anton Chekhov
Writer
Cheslav Sabinsky
Writer
Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
Cinematographer
Details.
Release DateNovember 16, 1911
Original NameРоман с контрабасом
StatusReleased
Running Time7m
Genres
Wiki.
Romance with Double-Bass is a Russian silent comedy short film released in 1911. Directed by Kai Hanson, it is based on the 1886 short story of the same name by the Russian writer Anton Chekhov. The film was released seven years after his death, the time Chekhov thought people would stop reading his work.This is the second film adaptation of Chekhov's writings and the first that has been preserved — the 1909 adaptation of Surgery by Pyotr Chardynin is considered to be lost.