Ranks and People (1929)
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.
Directors: Yakov Protazanov, Mikhail Doller.
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Mikhail Tarkhanov as Modest Alekseich - Anna na shee |
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Mariya Strelkova as Anna Petrovna - Anna na shee |
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Andrey Petrovsky as Governor - Anna na shee |
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Nikolay Shcherbakov as Anna's father - Anna na shee |
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Viktor Stanitsyn as Artynov - Anna na shee |
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Ivan Moskvin as Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika |
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Yevgeni Yershov as General Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika |
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Daniil Vvedenskiy as Policeman - Khameleon |
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Vladimir Popov as Khriukin - Khameleon |
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Sofya Levitina as Gossip - Anna na shee |
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Elena Maksimova as Modest's servant - Anna na shee |
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Varvara Rizenko as neighbor - Anna na shee |
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Sergei Sidelyov as student - Anna na shee |
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Mariya Shlenskaya as Gossip |
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Yelena Anufriyeva as Curious woman (Chameleon) |
| Directing | Yakov Protazanov | Director |
| Directing | Mikhail Doller | Director |
| Writing | Oleg Leonidov | Writer |
| Writing | Yakov Protazanov | Writer |
| Writing | Anton Chekhov | Short Story |
