Ranks and People (1929)

Name: Ranks and People
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1929-10-01
Duration: 65 min
Cast: Mikhail Tarkhanov, Mariya Strelkova, Andrey Petrovsky, Nikolay Shcherbakov, Viktor Stanitsyn

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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Released 1929-10-01 · 65 min · Comedy

Directed by Yakov Protazanov

Cast

Mikhail Tarkhanov as Modest Alekseich - Anna na shee
Mariya Strelkova as Anna Petrovna - Anna na shee
Andrey Petrovsky as Governor - Anna na shee
Nikolay Shcherbakov as Anna's father - Anna na shee
Viktor Stanitsyn as Artynov - Anna na shee
Ivan Moskvin as Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika
Yevgeni Yershov as General Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika
Daniil Vvedenskiy as Policeman - Khameleon
Vladimir Popov as Khriukin - Khameleon
Sofya Levitina as Gossip - Anna na shee
Elena Maksimova as Modest's servant - Anna na shee
Varvara Rizenko as neighbor - Anna na shee
Sergei Sidelyov as student - Anna na shee
Mariya Shlenskaya as Gossip
Yelena Anufriyeva as Curious woman (Chameleon)