1922    42minDrama
6.85.8
"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;
Directed by Aleksandr Sanin

Where to Watch Polikushka

  • Ivan MoskvinPolikey
  • Vera PashennayaAkulina, Polikey's wife
  • Yevgeniya RayevskayaMistress
  • Varvara BulgakovaMistress's niece
  • Sergei AidarovClerk
  • Dmitry GundurovGardener
  • Sergei GolovinDutlov
  • Aleksandr IstominIlyukha, Dutlov's cousin
  • Nikolai ZnamenskiyBarkeeper
  • Varvara MassalitinovaCarpenter's wife
  • Nikolay KostromskoyAlyokha
  • Aleksandr SaninDirector
  • Fyodor OtsepEscritor
  • Nikolai EfrosEscritor
  • Moisey AleynikovProductor
  • Sergei KozlovskyProduction Design
  • Serhii PetrovProduction Design
  • Yuri ZhelyabuzhskyDirector Of Photography
  • Aleksandr ArkhangelskiyCompositor de música original
  • Leo TolstoyHistoria

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