Ranks and People

Mikhail Doller
1929-10-01


5.357
65 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Mikhail Tarkhanov Modest Alekseich - Anna na shee Unowned
Mariya Strelkova Anna Petrovna - Anna na shee Unowned
Andrey Petrovsky Governor - Anna na shee Unowned
Nikolay Shcherbakov Anna's father - Anna na shee Unowned
Viktor Stanitsyn Artynov - Anna na shee Unowned
Ivan Moskvin Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika Unowned
Yevgeni Yershov General Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika Unowned
Daniil Vvedenskiy Policeman - Khameleon Unowned
Vladimir Popov Khriukin - Khameleon Unowned
Sofya Levitina Gossip - Anna na shee Unowned
Yelena Maksimova Modest's servant - Anna na shee Unowned
Varvara Rizenko neighbor - Anna na shee Unowned
Serguei Sideliov student - Anna na shee Unowned
Mariya Shlenskaya Gossip Unowned