Lullaby is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Boris Deutsch and starring Michael Visaroff, and Riva Segal.
[2] In the development of the film the two planes, the real one and the dream one, merge each other and the reality for the female protagonist is one that embraces both sphere of matter and spirit.
Boris Deutsch declared that "is desire was to get at the abstract reality, the realm of mental imagery and imagination, without losing of the world of reality"[3] The story of a young servant girl cradling a baby at a drunken feast in the house of Russian Christians who is abused by her brutish patriarch when she fails in her purpose.
[4] The movie was filmed in the United States and its costs, about $500 in borrowed money, were sustained by Boris Deutsch who was also producer, screenwriter, photography director and author of all special effects.
The female protagonist of the film, Riva Segal, wife of the director, in her first and only appearance on the big screen, demonstrates, in addition to her beauty, all her skill as actress.