Ranks and People (1929)

10/01/1929 (SU) • 1h 5m

Comedy

Overview

From his early silent works, the great Russian film director, Herr Yakov Protazanov, made literary adaptations from equally great Russian writers, as is the case with "Chiny I Lyudi" ( Ranks And People ) (1929) in which three short stories by Chekhov, "Anna On The Neck", "Death Of A Petty Official" and "Chameleon" were assembled for the silent screen.

Top Billed Cast

Mikhail Tarkhanov

Modest Alekseich - Anna na shee

Mariya Strelkova

Anna Petrovna - Anna na shee

Andrey Petrovsky

Governor - Anna na shee

Nikolay Shcherbakov

Anna's father - Anna na shee

Viktor Stanitsyn

Artynov - Anna na shee

Ivan Moskvin

Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika

Yevgeni Yershov

General Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika

Daniil Vvedenskiy

Policeman - Khameleon

Vladimir Popov

Khriukin - Khameleon


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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

based on short story

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