
Ranks and People
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.
Ranks and People
October 1, 1929
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Cast (15)

Mikhail Tarkhanov
Modest Alekseich - Anna na shee

Mariya Strelkova
Anna Petrovna - Anna na shee

Andrey Petrovsky
Governor - Anna na shee

Nikolay Shcherbakov
Anna's father - Anna na shee

Viktor Stanitsyn
Artynov - Anna na shee

Ivan Moskvin
Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika

Yevgeni Yershov
General Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika

Daniil Vvedenskiy
Policeman - Khameleon

Vladimir Popov
Khriukin - Khameleon

Sofya Levitina
Gossip - Anna na shee

Yelena Maksimova
Modest's servant - Anna na shee

Varvara Rizenko
neighbor - Anna na shee

Sergei Sidelyov
student - Anna na shee

Mariya Shlenskaya
Gossip

Yelena Anufriyeva
Curious woman (Chameleon)
Crew (5)
Directing

Yakov Protazanov
Director

Mikhail Doller
Director