The Man from the Restaurant

During the good old days of the Russian aristocracy, that is to say, before the October Revolution, in the city of Moscow there was a fancy restaurant which catered to the appetites and egos of the rich. In one such establishment works a middle-aged waiter who is devoted to serving his bourgeoisie clients correctly. However, his life outside his job is very different: His son was killed during the Russian civil war and the waiter's wife died of grief as a result....

• Yakov ProtazanovDirector
• Oleg LeonidovScreenplay
• Yakov ProtazanovScreenplay

• Michael ChekhovSkorohodov - The Waiter
• Vera MalinovskayaNatasha
• Ivan Koval-SamborskiySokolin
• Stepan KuznetsovThe Minister
• Mikhail ZharovWaiter
• Yakov ProtazanovCast
• Mikhail NarokovKarayesv /The Manufacturer
• Mikhail KlimovShtoss - The Manager
• Andrey PetrovskyGeneral
• Klavdiya AlekseyevaSkorokhodov's wife
• Vladimir TsoppiRegular guest of the restaurant