The Man from the Restaurant (1927)
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....
Director:
Yakov Protazanov
Writers:
Oleg Leonidov, Yakov Protazanov.
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Michael Chekhov as Skorohodov - The Waiter |
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Vera Malinovskaya as Natasha |
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Ivan Koval-Samborskiy as Sokolin |
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Stepan Kuznetsov as The Minister |
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Mikhail Zharov as Waiter |
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Yakov Protazanov as |
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Mikhail Narokov as Karayesv /The Manufacturer |
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Mikhail Klimov as Shtoss - The Manager |
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Andrey Petrovsky as General |
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Klavdiya Alekseyeva as Skorokhodov's wife |
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Vladimir Tsoppi as Regular guest of the restaurant |
| Directing | Yakov Protazanov | Director |
| Camera | Anatoli Golovnya | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Konstantin Vents | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sergei Kozlovsky | Editor |
| Writing | Oleg Leonidov | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yakov Protazanov | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ivan Shmelyov | Story |
| Production | Moisey Aleynikov | Producer |
