The Dashing Merchant

The Dashing Merchant (1909)

Ухарь-купец

An adaptation of Ivan Nikitin's poem 'Ukhar-kupets' for Pathé.

Date of release
1909-10-12
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
10m
Genres
Drama
Director
Vasiliy Goncharov

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Happy-go-lucky Merchant

Ukhar Kupets is a 1909 silent short drama film shot by the Moscow division of the French company Pathé Frères. It was the first hand-colored Russian film. It was based on the folk song known under the same title based on the 1859 short poem Ехал из ярмарки ухарь-купец by Ivan Nikitin.

Background

In 1908 Pathé launched a series Picturesque Russia of documentary films about Russia, such as Moscow Clad in Snow. It was mostly targeting foreign audience and had limited success in Russia. The same year Aleksandr Drankov set up the first Russian film studio and shot the first Russian feature film, to a huge success. This encouraged Pathé to establish a division in Moscow with Russian actors and filmmakers.

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