TMDb Rating
5.4/10
7 verified votes
Ranks and People (1929)
Comedy
65 min
Plot Summary
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.
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Keywords to include
ComedyYakov ProtazanovMikhail TarkhanovMariya Strelkova1929
Director
Yakov Protazanov
Top Cast
Mikhail TarkhanovMariya StrelkovaAndrey PetrovskyNikolay ShcherbakovViktor Stanitsyn
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