Pyotr Chardynin: Pyotr Chardynin. Director: Myortvye dushi. Pyotr (Peter, Petr) Chardynin was a prolific silent film director who made over 100 silent films in Russia, France, Germany, and Soviet Union. He was born Pyotr Ivanovich Krasavtsev, on 28 January 1972, in Simbirsk, Russian Empire (now Ulyanovsk, Russia). His father was a small business owner, his mother was a homemaker. Young Chardynin was fond of theatre, and had a dream of becoming an actor,...
Known For: Myortvye dushi (Director), Rasskaz o semi poveshennykh (Director), Krasnyy Kasyan (Director), Na Zare (Director)