For his third film in France, L'Enfant du Carnaval (1921), Mozhukhin directed himself. This is a delightful work, hinting at the astonishing visual vocabulary Mozhukhin would employ in his next directorial effort, Le brasier ardent (1923). Full of visual witticisms that include amusing match cuts and a terrific use of …

一个6岁的女孩失踪了。6个月之后仍未寻获。女孩的父亲威廉·基恩试图接受女儿失踪的事实。他和一位单身母亲及其幼女结为朋友，他隐瞒他自己的遭遇，想和这对母女重新开始新的生活。

Shot in pieces by the White Russian cinema community during their emigration to France, L'Angoissante Aventure is afascinating hybrid, reflecting the multifaceted talents of the first generations of Russian filmmakers and the path not taken by early Soviet cinema. Director Yakov Protazanov had already made a name for h…