Polikushka (film)
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Polikushka is a 1922 Soviet
film
directed by Aleksandr Sanin, based on Leo Tolstoy
's story of the same title. The filming was completed in 1919 but the release was delayed till 1922 because of the Russian Civil War
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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,...
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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...
directed by Aleksandr Sanin, based on Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist...
's story of the same title. The filming was completed in 1919 but the release was delayed till 1922 because of the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
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Cast
- Ivan MoskvinIvan MoskvinIvan Mikhailovich Moskvin , 1874, Moscow – February 16, 1946, Moscow) was a Russian actor and People's Artist of the USSR. He became director of the Moscow Art Theatre in 1943. He was a student in the Moscow Philharmonic Society from 1893 to 1896. He also performed in the Yaroslavl company...
- Polikei - Vera Pashennaya - Akulina, Polikei's wife
- Yevgeniya Rayevskaya - The Lady
- Varvara Bulgakova - The Lady's niece
- Sergei Aidarov - Steward
- Dmitri Gundurov - The gardener
- Sergei Golovin - Dutlov
- A. Istomin - Ilyukha
- Nikolai Znamenskiy - Alyokha
- Varvara MassalitinovaVarvara MassalitinovaVarvara Osipovna Massalitinova – October 20, 1945, in Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Russian and Soviet theatre and film actress.She began acting at an amateur theatre club in the Siberian city of Tomsk, then moved to Moscow and studied acting under A...
- The joiner's wife - Nikolai Kostromskoy - Barman