Movie: Ranks and People

Top 10 Billed Cast

Mikhail Tarkhanov
Михаил Тарханов

Modest Alekseich - Anna na shee

Mariya Strelkova
Мария Стрелкова

Anna Petrovna - Anna na shee

Andrey Petrovsky
Андрей Петровский

Governor - Anna na shee

Nikolay Shcherbakov
Nikolay Shcherbakov

Anna's father - Anna na shee

Viktor Stanitsyn
Виктор Станицын

Artynov - Anna na shee

Ivan Moskvin
Ivan Moskvin

Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika

Yevgeni Yershov
Yevgeni Yershov

General Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika

Daniil Vvedenskiy
Даниил Введенский

Policeman - Khameleon

Vladimir Popov
Владимир Попов

Khriukin - Khameleon

Sofya Levitina
София Левитина

Gossip - Anna na shee

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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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    1929-10-01

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