Mad love the films of Evgeni Bauer

"Bauer created macabre masterpieces, dramas darkly obsessed with doomed love and death, astonishing for graceful camera movements, risque themes and opulent sets. The films were buried in Soviet archives for decades until the fall of the Iron Curtain."
"Dying swan: A mute dancer working to become a professional ballerina meets a death-obsessed artist who decides she must be the subject of his next project."@en
"Dying swan: A mute dancer working to become a professional ballerina meets a death-obsessed artist who decides she must be the subject of his next project."
"Twilight of a woman's soul: A young wealthy socialite, devoted to helping the poor, is taken advantage of by an unscrupulous and lustful man."@en
"Twilight of a woman's soul: A young wealthy socialite, devoted to helping the poor, is taken advantage of by an unscrupulous and lustful man."
"After death: A man lives a solitary life with his aunt, spending his time on books and thoughts of his deceased mother, until he becomes obsessed by a beautiful actress."@en
"After death: A man lives a solitary life with his aunt, spending his time on books and thoughts of his deceased mother, until he becomes obsessed by a beautiful actress."