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.
Director and cast
- Yakov Protazanov Director
- 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
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