1929
5.4 (7 votes)
1h 5m
Genres
Comedy
Production Companies
Mezhrabpomfilm
Ranks and People (Чины и люди)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Yakov Protazanov, Mikhail Doller
Story: Anton Chekhov
Writer: Oleg Leonidov, Yakov Protazanov
Top 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
Ivan Moskvin
Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika
Yevgeni Yershov
General Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika
Daniil Vvedenskiy
Policeman - Khameleon
