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The Precipice

Based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Goncharov. Raisky falls in love with his second cousin Vera, but she coldly rejects his advances. He soon learns that Vera is having an affair with exiled official Mark Volokhov, with whom She is secretly dating. One day, Vera, in a fit of passion, gives herself to Volokhov, which she immediately regrets doing. Raisky and Tatyana Markovna suffer along with her having learned about Vera’s situation. Volokhov invites Vera to marry him but she refuses his proposal. After all these passions, calm comes and in the final frames of the picture, Raisky draws a portrait of Vera, and then sits down to write a long-planned novel.

Top Cast

  • Yuliya Vasileva

    Yuliya Vasileva

    Tatyana Markovna

  • Ivan Mosjoukine

    Ivan Mosjoukine

    Rayskiy

  • Vera Yureneva

    Vera Yureneva

    Vera

  • Sofya Goslavskaya

    Sofya Goslavskaya

    Marfinka

  • Viktor Tourjansky

    Viktor Tourjansky

    Mark Volokhov

  • Aleksandr Kheruvimov

    Aleksandr Kheruvimov

  • Praskovya Maksimova

    Praskovya Maksimova

  • Aleksandr Vertinsky

    Aleksandr Vertinsky

    Cadet

Overview

Based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Goncharov. Raisky falls in love with his second cousin Vera, but she coldly rejects his advances. He soon learns that Vera is having an affair with exiled official Mark Volokhov, with whom She is secretly dating. One day, Vera, in a fit of passion, gives herself to Volokhov, which she immediately regrets doing. Raisky and Tatyana Markovna suffer along with her having learned about Vera’s situation. Volokhov invites Vera to marry him but she refuses his proposal. After all these passions, calm comes and in the final frames of the picture, Raisky draws a portrait of Vera, and then sits down to write a long-planned novel.

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