Chrysanthemums (film)  Chrysanthemums () is a 1914 short film directed by Pyotr Chardynin. The film tells about the ballerina Vera Nevolina, the enamored big debtor Vladimir. Vera wants to help Vladimir repay his debts and offers him her jewels, but Vladimir starts courting a young and rich widow in the hope that she will marry him and he will pay off with all his debts.