Marionettes (film)
Encyclopedia
Marionettes is a 1934 Soviet
antifascist film
starring Anatoli Ktorov
and directed by Yakov Protazanov
and Porfiri Podobed.
The film combines the features of comedy, social drama and political pamphlet.
Cinema of the Soviet Union
The cinema of the Soviet Union, not to be confused with "Cinema of Russia" despite Russian language films being predominant in both genres, includes several film contributions of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history,...
antifascist film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
starring Anatoli Ktorov
Anatoli Ktorov
Anatoli Petrovich Ktorov was a famous Russian film and stage actor.-Early years:...
and directed by Yakov Protazanov
Yakov Protazanov
Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov was Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia....
and Porfiri Podobed.
The film combines the features of comedy, social drama and political pamphlet.
Cast
- Anatoli KtorovAnatoli KtorovAnatoli Petrovich Ktorov was a famous Russian film and stage actor.-Early years:...
- C, the Prince - Nikolai RadinNikolai RadinNikolai Mariusovich Radin was a notable Russian stage and silent film actor and director; he was an actor of theater and cinema....
- D, the Archbishop - Valentina TokarskayaValentina TokarskayaValentina Georgievna Tokarskaya was a Russian film and stage actress.-Selected filmography:*Malenkie komedii bolshogo doma Kira Platonovna*Dro itsureba gantiadisas...
- E, The Singing Star, the Prince's Fiancee - Konstantin Zubov - F, the Fascist
- Sergei Martinson - G, the Barber
- Mikhail KlimovMikhail KlimovMikhail Mikhailovich Klimov was a notable Russian stage and film actor. From 1909 to 1940 Klimov was a leading actor of the Maly theatre...
- A, The Prime Minister - Vladimir Popov - White General
- Leonid LeonidovLeonid Leonidov-Biography:Born in a Jewish family in Odessa , he worked in the Moscow Art Theatre from 1903. His roles included Dmitri Karamazov, Othello, Lopakhin. In 1920s and 1930s he also appeared in several films...
- The Munitions Manufacturer - Igor Arkadin - Master of Ceremonies
- Vasili Toporkov - Director of the Marionette Theater
- Pyotr Galadzhev - Scribe
- Mikhail ZharovMikhail ZharovMikhail Ivanovich Zharov was a Russian actor.He studied under the prominent director Theodore Komisarjevsky and debuted in Yakov Protazanov's Aelita...
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