Ranks and People

1h 5m

5.5

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.

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

Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika

Yevgeni Yershov

General Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika

Daniil Vvedenskiy

Policeman - Khameleon

Khriukin - Khameleon

Gossip - Anna na shee

Elena Maksimova

Modest's servant - Anna na shee

Varvara Rizenko

neighbor - Anna na shee

Sergei Sidelyov

student - Anna na shee

Mariya Shlenskaya

Yelena Anufriyeva

Curious woman (Chameleon)

Crew

Yakov Protazanov

Director, Writer