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Stenka Razin, 1908
The poster for the first Russian fiction film.
What
Pavel Assaturov's poster for "Stenka Razin", Vladimir Romashkov's 1908 film, the first Russian fiction film.
Why
Before 1908 Russian screens showed foreign films and actuality reels; this was the first story filmed at home.
Notice
The Cossack rebel of the Volga song is the subject.
“Where the Russian screen began”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Stenka Razin (1908), dir. Vladimir Romashkov
- Country / studio
- Russian Empire · A. Drankov
- Designer
- Pavel Assaturov
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- Russian Empire film poster, 1908
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
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