Original post here. Image is a movie poster containing the text “‘ГРѢХъ’ в главыxъ роляхъ: Н.А. Лисенкo, И.И. Мозжухинъ, П.А. Бакшеевъ. Картина фабрики І.Н. ЕРМОЛьЕВА” and a seal for “ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННЫЯ ФИЛМЫ І.Н. ЕРМОЛьЕВъ, МОСКВА.” Original text:
A poster for the 1916 Russian film “Sin” (Grekh). I have a feeling that Russian cinema was turning into something rather more daring in the days before the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.