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The Murder of the Ballerina Plameneva

Part one of a Khanzhonkov crime picture.

What

The Khanzhonkov poster for the first part of its 1915 film "The Murder of the Ballerina Plameneva".

Why

Crime from the ballet world drew a double audience, the stage-struck and the sensation-seekers.

Notice

Pairs with the poster for the second part.

“The ballet as a crime scene”

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
Ubiistvo baleriny Plamenevoi (1915)
Country / studio
Russian Empire · A. Khanzhonkov & Co.
Format
Other
Poster published
Russian Empire film poster, A. Khanzhonkov & Co., 1915
Source
Wikimedia Commons
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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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