Pyotr Chardynin worked in film at a period when the medium itself was still changing shape.
The record lists Pyotr Chardynin as Russian dilm director, screenwriter (1873–1934).
Pyotr Chardynin was born at Cherdyn in 1873. His recorded nationality is Russia.
This was the silent era, when film was still proving it could carry a story at all and performers had to do it without a spoken word.
Pyotr Chardynin is credited as film director, actor and screenwriter.
The screen flattens effort: a performance that took months reads as a few unhurried minutes.
That the work was made from Russia shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Pyotr Chardynin died in 1934, aged 61. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Worked as film director, actor and screenwriter
