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The Magpie (1959)

Original title: Сорока-воровка

1959-04-07 · 1h 18m · RU
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Aneta, the serf actress of Knyaz Skalinsky, amazes with her beauty and talented performance of Shchepin. After the performance, a frank conversation ensues between them. The interlocutor learns that Skalinsky, pursuing the actress for a long time, gave her lover — a young actor of the troupe — to the soldiers for twenty-five years. After much deliberation, Shchepin decides to help the girl, but is too late...

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Nikolai KovarskyWriterNaum TrakhtenbergDirector

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Zinaida KirienkoZinaida KirienkoAnetaNikolai AfanasyevNikolai AfanasyevShchepinVladimir PokrovskiyVladimir PokrovskiyKnyazViktor KorshunovViktor KorshunovStepanAnatoliy KubatskiyAnatoliy KubatskiyUgryumovSergei KalininSergei KalininmanagerAleksandr GraveAleksandr GravesuccessorNikolai ShaminNikolai ShaminlandlordViktor KoltsovViktor Koltsovauthorized director of the Imperial TheatersIvan LobyzovskiyIvan LobyzovskiyKnyaz's hairdresserPyotr KiryutkinPyotr Kiryutkinprompter (uncredited)

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What is The Magpie about?

Aneta, the serf actress of Knyaz Skalinsky, amazes with her beauty and talented performance of Shchepin. After the performance, a frank conversation ensues between them. The interlocutor learns that Skalinsky, pursuing the actress for a long time, gave her lover — a young actor of the troupe — to the soldiers for twenty-five years. After much deliberation, Shchepin decides to help the girl, but is too late...

How long is The Magpie?

The Magpie has a runtime of 78 minutes.