Drama in the Futurists' Cabaret No. 13
| Drama in the Futurists' Cabaret No. 13 | |
|---|---|
 One of the surviving frames; the man is Vsevolod Maksimovich and the woman is N. Elsner[1] | |
| Russian: Драма в кабаре футуристов № 13 | |
| Directed by | Vladimir Kasyanov |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Alphonse Winkler[2] |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Language | Russian |
Drama in the Futurists' Cabaret No. 13 (Russian: Драма в кабаре футуристов № 13) is a 1914 Russian silent film directed by Vladimir Kasyanov.[3] It is probably the world's first avant-garde film.[1][4]
RoseLee Goldberg notes the film I Want to Be a Futurist was the Futurist sequel to Drama in Cabaret No. 13.[5]
Plot
[edit]The film opened with a cabaret sequence in which the artists paint their faces in preparation for the evening’s entertainment. A caption reads: "13 O’clock has struck.[6]
It contained some poetry reading and dance performances. The story itself begins with a 'Futurist Dance of Death'. Larionov and a woman (Maximovich) dance on a table, they lunge at one another with knives, and Maximovich is killed. Then comes the 'Futurist burial': Larionov carries Maximovich's body out, kisses her and leaves her in the snow. Larionov is expelled from Futurism. He takes poison and dies. The other Futurists depart, stepping over his body, on which a note is pinned: 'Expelled from Futurism'. Maximovich's corpse is seen, also with a note pinned to it: 'A victim of Futurism'.[7][8]
The plot of the movie is unknown, despite the fact that this film is only partially lost: just a few frames have survived.
Cast
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- Vsevolod Maksymovych in the lead role[1]
- David Burliuk[4]
- Vladimir Burliuk[4]
- Natalia Goncharova[9]
- Mikhail Larionov[10]
- Vladimir Mayakovsky[11]
- Ilya Zdanevich
- Vadim Shershenevich
- Anton Lotov
History
[edit]N. Toporkov and Alphonse Winckler borrowed money to make the film. This film included all the prominent Futurists. A comic-grotesque parody of filmic melodrama.[12]
The film was shot in late 1913 in one of the Moscow café-cabarets and that featured.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Kerziouk, Olga (21 December 2018). "The "artist Maks": the Ukrainian disciple of Aubrey Beardsley". British Library. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Альфонс Винклер – человек с киноаппаратом". Archived from the original on 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Цветы на лице". Archived from the original on 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ a b c Tisdall, Caroline; Bozzolla, Angelo (1977). Futurism. Thames & Hudson. p. 145.
- ^ "The Spectacle of Russian Futurism: The Emergence and Development of Russian Futurist Performance, 1910-1914, Vol. 11" (PDF). University of Sheffield. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ Drama in the Futurists' Cabaret No. 13 (1914) | MUBI, archived from the original on 2024-02-07, retrieved 2024-02-07
- ^ "The Meaning of the Music-hall: From the Italian Futurism to the Soviet Avant-garde". University of Amsterdam. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-02-07 – via Academia.edu.
- ^ Leach, Robert (2018-03-07). Russian Futurist Theatre: Theory and Practice. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-0245-3. Archived from the original on 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ^ "Re-approaching Russian Futurism: The Inter-Revolutionary Years, 1908-1915" (PDF). University of Sheffield. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "Михаил Ларионов. Муж Натальи Гончаровой". AdIndex (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "Мемория. Владимир Маяковский". odessa-daily.com.ua. 2017-07-19. Archived from the original on 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ Leach, Robert (2018-03-07). Russian Futurist Theatre: Theory and Practice. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-0245-3. Archived from the original on 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
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