Ranks and People (1929)
Original title: Чины и люди
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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.
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Mikhail TarkhanovModest Alekseich - Anna na shee
Mariya StrelkovaAnna Petrovna - Anna na sheeAndrey PetrovskyGovernor - Anna na sheeNikolay ShcherbakovAnna's father - Anna na shee
Viktor StanitsynArtynov - Anna na sheeIvan MoskvinCherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnikaYevgeni YershovGeneral Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika
Daniil VvedenskiyPoliceman - Khameleon
Vladimir PopovKhriukin - Khameleon
Sofya LevitinaGossip - Anna na shee
Elena MaksimovaModest's servant - Anna na sheeVarvara Rizenkoneighbor - Anna na sheeKeywords
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What is Ranks and People about?
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.
How long is Ranks and People?
Ranks and People has a runtime of 65 minutes.