The Bear (1938)
A romantic comedy based on an Anton Chekhov play of the same name. A young man comes to collect a debt owed to him by the widow Popova's late husband. They argue , duel with pistols , and fall in love while all of this is witnessed by Popova's servant Luka.
Director: Isidor Annensky
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Olga Androvskaya as Yelena Ivanovna Popova |
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Mikhail Zharov as Grigori Stepanovich Smirnov |
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Ivan Pelttser as Luka, the servant |
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Konstantin Sorokin as |
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Mariya Shlenskaya as |
| Directing | Isidor Annensky | Director |
| Writing | Anton Chekhov | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Isidor Annensky | Writer |
| Camera | Yevgeni Shapiro | Director of Photography |
| Art | Lyudmila Putievskaya | Production Design |
| Sound | Valery Zhelobinsky | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Kirill Poznyshev | Sound Director |
| Directing | M. Korotkevich | Assistant Director |
| Editing | M. Bodrennikova | Editor |
| Camera | V. Valdaytsev | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | K. Kachurin | Sound Assistant |
| Production | G. Kobilivker | Producer |