Drama on the Volga (1913)

The heroine loves her father's young steward. The appearance of her father, attempting to match her with a rich old man, makes her hide her lover under the featherbed, where he suffocates; An unwitting, almost anecdotal murder-- understandable familial insubordination turned deadly. Having found the corpse, mother and daughter in fear call the janitor, who hides the body in a barrel and throws it into the Volga river. The 'kindly' janitor, however, begins to blackmail the troubled women.

• Release Date: 1913-07-28
• Runtime: 0h 43min
• Production Company: G.I. Libken, A. Ya. Braygen & Co
• Production Country: Russia
• Director: Nikolai Larin