The Career of Spirka Shpandyr (1926)
Spirka Spandyr, a petty crook and swindler, escapes from the Soviet Union after serving his sentence and soon becomes the pride of the White émigré community in Amsterdam — Baron Spirka von Spandyr.
Director: Boris Svetlov
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Leonid Utyosov as Spirka Shpandyr |
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Nikolay Gorodnichev as Mishka Kalancha |
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Ekaterina Podolskaya as Shurka Kozyryok |
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Nina Zheleznova as Munka Svish |
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Nikolai Shmidtgof as Vitka Pero |
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Pyotr Andriyevsky as Vaska Taz |
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Anatoli Nelidov as Weiss, chief of police |
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Mili Taut-Korso as Brickson |
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Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya as Milkwoman |
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Nikolai Simonov as |
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Aleksei Feona as |
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Grigoriy Ge as |
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Sofiya Magarill as |
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Boris Livanov as |
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Yakov Gudkin as Owner of bedbugs stable |
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Viktor Chaynikov as Party member (uncredited) |
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Pyotr Podvalniy as (uncredited) |
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Pavel Kurzner as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Boris Svetlov | Director |
| Writing | G. Batargin | Writer |
| Writing | Vladimir Gardin | Writer |
| Camera | Friedrich Verigo-Darovskiy | Director of Photography |
| Art | Abram Goncharskiy | Production Design |