Ranks and People

The read

It runs a compact 1h 5m.

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Yakov ProtazanovDirector
• Yakov ProtazanovWriter
• Oleg LeonidovWriter

Cast

• Mikhail TarkhanovModest Alekseich - Anna na shee
• Mariya StrelkovaAnna Petrovna - Anna na shee
• Andrey PetrovskyGovernor - Anna na shee
• Nikolay ShcherbakovAnna's father - Anna na shee
• Viktor StanitsynArtynov - Anna na shee
• Ivan MoskvinCherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika
• Yevgeni YershovGeneral Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika
• Daniil VvedenskiyPoliceman - Khameleon
• Vladimir PopovKhriukin - Khameleon
• Sofya LevitinaGossip - Anna na shee
• Elena MaksimovaModest's servant - Anna na shee
• Varvara Rizenkoneighbor - Anna na shee

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