A loose Communist adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novel. The serf Egor Efimov, a talented violinist, dreams of true art. Released by his landlord, he goes to the capital. But cold, bureaucratic St. Petersburg quickly destroys his illusions.
Cast
Boris Dobronravov
Yegor Yefimov, violinist
Kseniya Tarasova
Nastenka
Lyubov Orlova
Grushenka
Anatoli Goryunov
Schultz
Lev Fenin
Valemirov, landowner
Igor Doronin
Student
Ivan Kudryavtsev
Ivan Vasilyev
Sergei Vecheslov
Tavern visitor
Antonin Pankryshev
Gendarme
Leonid Yurenyov
His Excellency
Aleksandr Kostomolotsky
Entrepreneur
Naum Rogozhin
Unknown
D. Tarasov
Unknown
Yakov Rykov
Unknown
Tatyana Barysheva
Provincial actress (uncredited)
Antonina Maksimova
Nihilistic student (uncredited)
Georgi Millyar
Gossip teller (uncredited)
Sofya Levitina
(uncredited)
Serafim Koziminsky
Student / Convict
Georgy Bobynin
Official (uncredited)
Nikolay Trofimov
Official (uncredited)
Grigori Merlinskiy
Official (uncredited)
Mykola Nademskyi
Old jew (uncredited)
Crew
Vera Stroyeva
Director, Writer
Grigoriy Roshal
Director
Serafima Roshal
Writer
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novel
Yeva Ladyzhenskaya
Editor
Dmitriy Feldman
Director of Photography
Yosyp Shpinel
Production Design
Pyotr Beitner
Production Design
Semyon Sheynin
Assistant Camera
A. Yermolov
Makeup & Hair
Nikolai Kryukov
Sound Director, Music
Raisa Lukina
Sound Assistant
Yakov Kharon
Sound Assistant
P. Pavlov
Sound
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Original Music Composer
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