Daughter Of Russian Writer Kuprin Begins Film Of ’duel’ (1958)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Ksenia Kuprina, daughter of famous Russian writer Alexander Kuprin, returns to Soviet Union (exact location of events unknown - probably Moscow). (Russian titles and commentary.) Tracking shot of Ksenia Kuprina in a fur coat and headscarf, waving and walking along a snowy street. Several shots of Ksenia sitting with a group of people who are working on a film version of her father’s story ’The Duel’. Among them are actors Yurie Puzyrev and Irina Skobtseva, director Vladimir Petrov and cameraman Arkady Kaltsaty. Zoom in to C/U of film being shown on a cinema screen. Scene shows a soldier singing a song (traditional ballad) under a tree while ladies in old-fashioned costume listen and look dreamy. Other soldiers are also there. C/U of director speaking; pan to Ksenia speaking (sounds like she is speaking in French (?), with Russian commentator translating over it). According to notes on file, she is saying that everyth