The Neptun film company and the Antik-Kwartiroff family

Stasya Korotkova

doi:10.1080/17503132.2025.2611711

The Neptun film company and the Antik-Kwartiroff family

Stasya Korotkova^*

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Leuphana University of Lüneburg

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Abstract

The article explores the biographies of Pavel Antik, Anna Antik and Aleksandr Kvartirov (Alexander Kwartiroff), and the history of their film company Neptun founded soon after the February revolution in 1917. Operating in the very last years of the imperial film industry, Neptun engaged many of the prominent creative figures of the time and produced three films starring the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. After emigrating to Berlin, the Antik-Kwartiroff family briefly revived Neptun and produced Paul Leni’s celebrated expressionist film Waxworks (1924). The article reconstructs the company’s history through previously unknown biographical facts and unpublished photos from the archive of the family’s descendants.

Original language	English
Journal	Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema
Volume	20
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	2-25
Number of pages	24
ISSN	1750-3132
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17503132.2025.2611711
Publication status	Published - 02.2026

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Research areas and keywords

Antik-Kwartiroff family
cinema of the Russian Empire
emigration
film studios
Neptun film company
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Cultural studies
Science of art

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Communication
Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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DFG Reserach Training Group 2114: Cultures of Critique - Forms, Media, Effects
Söntgen, B. (Project manager, academic), Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic), Beyes, T. (Project manager, academic) & Nigro, R. (Project manager, academic)
German Research Foundation
01.04.21 → 31.12.25
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The Neptun film company and the Antik-Kwartiroff family

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