Ranks and People

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.

Directed by Yakov Protazanov

Top cast

Mikhail Tarkhanov

Modest Alekseich - Anna na shee

Mariya Strelkova

Anna Petrovna - Anna na shee

Andrey Petrovsky

Governor - Anna na shee

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Nikolay Shcherbakov

Anna's father - Anna na shee

Viktor Stanitsyn

Artynov - Anna na shee

Ivan Moskvin

Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika

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Yevgeni Yershov

General Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika

Daniil Vvedenskiy

Policeman - Khameleon

Vladimir Popov

Khriukin - Khameleon

Sofya Levitina

Gossip - Anna na shee

Elena Maksimova

Modest's servant - Anna na shee

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Varvara Rizenko

neighbor - Anna na shee

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Sergei Sidelyov

student - Anna na shee

Mariya Shlenskaya

Gossip

Yelena Anufriyeva

Curious woman (Chameleon)

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