Поликушка (1922)

Polikushka

"Polikushka" was the only film directed by Aleksandr Sanin, one of Moscow Art Academic Theatre's founders, and is based on Lev Tolstoy's homonym short story. In spite the many differences between the literary oeuvre and its film adaptation it is a remarkable work that is outstanding for its depiction of the cruel realities of Russian society -the harsh life condition of its main character and his family in contrast to the wealth of his mistress;

Поликушка

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Ivan Moskvin
Ivan Moskvin
as
Vera Pashennaya
Vera Pashennaya
as
Yevgeniya Rayevskaya
Yevgeniya Rayevskaya
as
Varvara Bulgakova
Varvara Bulgakova
as
Sergei Aidarov
Sergei Aidarov
as
Dmitry Gundurov
Dmitry Gundurov
as

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Aleksandr Sanin
Aleksandr Sanin
Director
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Story
Fyodor Otsep
Fyodor Otsep
Writer
Nikolai Efros
Nikolai Efros
Writer
Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky
Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky
Director of Photography

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