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Ranks and People

Ranks and People

1929•1h 5m•5.4/10
Comedy

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5.4/10(7)

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.

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Production

Mezhrabpomfilm

Language

RU

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Mikhail Tarkhanov

Mikhail Tarkhanov

Modest Alekseich - Anna na shee

Mariya Strelkova

Mariya Strelkova

Anna Petrovna - Anna na shee

Andrey Petrovsky

Andrey Petrovsky

Governor - Anna na shee

Nikolay Shcherbakov

Anna's father - Anna na shee

Viktor Stanitsyn

Viktor Stanitsyn

Artynov - Anna na shee

Ivan Moskvin

Ivan Moskvin

Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika

Yevgeni Yershov

General Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika

Daniil Vvedenskiy

Policeman - Khameleon

Vladimir Popov

Vladimir Popov

Khriukin - Khameleon

Sofya Levitina

Sofya Levitina

Gossip - Anna na shee

Olena Maksymova

Olena Maksymova

Modest's servant - Anna na shee

Varvara Rizenko

neighbor - Anna na shee

Sergei Sidelyov

student - Anna na shee

Mariya Shlenskaya

Mariya Shlenskaya

Gossip

Yelena Anufriyeva

Yelena Anufriyeva

Curious woman (Chameleon)

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