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- A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
- A Russian silent film based on the eponymous novel by Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina is having an extramarital affair that causes her grave consequences.
- Elena, who is hopelessly in love with Prince Bassargin, goes to a fortune-teller, Sybil, for help.
- A group of peasants comes to see Leo Tolstoy and his wife, the Countess, to request some land. Tolstoy must explain to them that it is his wife who has authority over their land-holdings, and she will not help them. Stung by their negative reaction to him, Tolstoy becomes increasingly preoccupied with the problems of the poor. This leads to a number of conflicts with his wife, and then to a deep despondency, as the noted writer continues vainly to search for answers to the sufferings he sees around him.
- The Spirit of Evil, driven out of Heaven, flies to the mountains of Caucasus, and determines to conquer the soul of Tamara, a beautiful princess. The Demon causes the death of her lover and soon begins to exert an irresistible influence on Tamara, who hides in a convent to escape him. The Demon descends in the night and forcing his way past an Angel who seeks to stop him, takes Tamara, powerless to resist, in his arms. As he kisses her the touch of his poisonous lips cause her to fall lifeless, and the Demon is foiled.
- This is an elaborately-staged drama, showing the reveries of a convict as he looks hack upon the incidents of his imprisonment. It shows him as a happy peasant, toiling in the fields, waiting for the close of day to meet the beautiful girl whom he loves passionately. Then a rich man comes upon the scene and takes the girl away as his wife to a life of luxury. In a weird scene, in the darkness of night, the peasant, with his countenance distorted by hate and a consuming desire for vengeance, stealthily makes his way to the rich man's home and destroys them.
- The Kostomarov family falls apart when a female relative joins the household.
- A Russian officer is captured by the Circassians, and is brought to the village as a festival is being held, where feats of prowess and strength are being performed. A Circassian maid falls in love with the handsome officer, and when the men have gone forth to meet the attacking Russians she releases him from prison, and he escapes by swimming across the river. Unable to endure life without him, she finds oblivion beneath the waves.