Ataman Khmil' (1924)
Revolutionary melodrama based on Lev Nikulin's story "Хміль". 1917. The main character of the film - a "bourgeois intellectual" - does not sympathize with any side and avoids revolutionary events. However, as a result of a series of adventurous adventures, love intrigues and communication with the people, he goes over to the side of the proletariat.
Director: Vladimir Gardin
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Nikolai Saltykov as Ataman Khmil' |
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Nikolai Panov as Zagarin, landowner |
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Oleg Frelikh as Georgiy Zagarin, emigrant son |
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Zoya Barantsevich as Anna Zagarina, Georgiy's wife |
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Liana Iskritskaya-Gardina as Peasant girl |
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Iona Talanov as Vronskiy, estate manager |
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Anna Agramova as Chernenko, widow |
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Aleksandra Rebikova as Tanya |
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Boris Chuevskiy as Van-Gogen, banker |
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Olga Bystritskaya as Ryta Berg, former dancer |
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Mikhail Stalski as Captain Golde |
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Alexandr Gromov as Worker |
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Leo Negri as Count Svider Makhnitskiy |
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Fokht as Lyuba Zakharova |
| Directing | Vladimir Gardin | Director |
| Writing | Lev Nikulin | Writer |
| Camera | Boris Zavelev | Director of Photography |
| Art | Vladimir Egorov | Production Design |
