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{ru} Stenka Razin / {en} Free Men of the Volga (Russia, 1908), directed by Vladimir Romashkov.

It is generally considered the first Russian feature film.

The film dramatizes a popular story about the historical Cossack leader Stenka Razin. In the film's narrative, Razin falls in love with a captured Persian princess. His followers object to his love and try to denigrate her, first by interrupting her seductive dance with a Russian dance of their own, then by framing her for infidelity. They successfully turn Razin against the princess, and he throws her into the Volga.