Don Diego and Pelagia

Yakov Protazanov
1928-04-29


4
58 min

The vain station master of a Russian train station out in the sticks has a quarrel with an old peasant woman and has her thrown in jail. The local party youth organisation finally manage to get her released, after having to cut through lots of red tape.

Cast

Name Character Team
Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina Pelagia Dyomina Unowned
Anatoliy Bykov 'Don Diego', stationmaster Unowned
Volodymyr Mikhajlov Pelagia's husband Unowned
I. Levkoyeva Komsomol member Unowned
Ivan Yudin Misha, komsomol member Unowned
Vladimir Popov Village council caretaker Unowned
Osip Brik Speaker on the dangers of bureaucracy Unowned
Alexandr Gromov Registration and distribution official Unowned
Daniil Vvedenskiy Watchman Unowned
Mikhail Zharov Mikhail Zharov Unowned
Yelena Tyapkina Priestess Unowned
Ivan Pelttser OU secretary Unowned
Vera Maretskaya Woman in the courtroom Unowned
Andrei Gorchilin (uncredited) Unowned
Nikolay Ivakin Komsomol member, cooperative vendor (uncredited) Unowned
Sofya Levitina Woman in the prison (uncredited) Unowned
M. Libakov-Ilyinskiy (uncredited) Unowned
Lev Fenin Friend of the head of the railway section service (uncredited) Unowned
Mariya Shlenskaya Deaf old woman (uncredited) Unowned