Man in a Shell (1939)
The Greek teacher Belikov, who works in a rural gymnasium, loved to keep things in cases, was afraid of everything and lived himself, as if in a case, on the principle: “no matter what happens”. By this principle, he literally "terrorized" the gymnasium and the villagers. Hope appeared when Varenka arrived in the village - “not a girl, but marmalade”, although she was already aged, and “did not mind being married, even if only to a teacher of the Greek language”.
Director: Isidor Annensky
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Olga Androvskaya as Варвара Александровна Коваленко (Варенька) |
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Mikhail Zharov as Михаил Александрович Коваленко (учитель истории и географии) |
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Faina Ranevskaya as жена инспектора |
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Aleksei Gribov as Афанасий (слуга Беликова) |
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Vladimir Gardin as Михаил Васильевич (директор гимназии) |
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Aleksandr Larikov as Невыразимов (учитель) |
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Aleksandra Matveeva as продавщица цветов |
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Osip Abdulov as Тарантулов, учитель |
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Konstantin Adashevsky as Priest |
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Aleksey Bondi as учитель, француз (в титрах С. Бонди) |
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Nikolai Khmelyov as Беликов (учитель греческого языка) |
| Directing | Isidor Annensky | Director |
| Writing | Isidor Annensky | Writer |
| Camera | Yevgeni Shapiro | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Anton Chekhov | Short Story |
| Art | Lyudmila Putievskaya | Production Design |
| Sound | Aleksandr Golubentsev | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Kirill Poznyshev | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | N. Grigoryev | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | M. Bodrennikova | Editor |
| Camera | E. Evart | Camera Operator |
| Directing | M. Korotkevich | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yan Trzhasko | Assistant Director |
| Production | A. Petrov | Producer |