Ranks and People

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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.

Country:

Soviet Union

Genre:

Comedy

Duration:

65 minutes

Year:

1929

Director:

Yakov Protazanov

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Company:

Mezhrabpomfilm

Cast:
Mikhail Tarkhanov

Modest Alekseich - Anna na shee

Mariya Strelkova

Anna Petrovna - Anna na shee

Andrey Petrovsky

Governor - Anna na shee

Nikolay Shcherbakov

Anna's father - Anna na shee

Viktor Stanitsyn

Artynov - Anna na shee

Crew:
Yakov Protazanov

Director

Oleg Leonidov

Writer

Yakov Protazanov

Writer

Anton Chekhov

Story

Mikhail Doller

Director