Aleksandr Ivanov-Gai

A woman lives with her drunk husband and her sleazy father-in-law. One day an unforgivable act is committed that will change each of their lives.

This film was a true peculiarity, a filmed version of the great Feodor Chaliapin in one of his most famous roles; the fact that it was a silent film, with title cards, meant that audiences could only appreciate his acting. Another curiosity is that the film also included a minor role enacted by Richard Boleslavsky, who in 1932 directed "Rasputin and the Empress."(9) (kingandwilson.com)