Ranks and People
01/10/1929
1h 5m



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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.
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


Sofya Levitina
Gossip - Anna na shee


Elena Maksimova
Modest's servant - Anna na shee
Varvara Rizenko
neighbor - Anna na shee
Sergei Sidelyov
student - Anna na shee


Mariya Shlenskaya
Gossip


Yelena Anufriyeva
Curious woman (Chameleon)
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