Petersburg Nights (1934)
Overview
A loose Communist adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novel. The serf Egor Efimov, a talented violinist, dreams of true art. Released by his landlord, he goes to the capital. But cold, bureaucratic St. Petersburg quickly destroys his illusions.
Cast
Boris Dobronravov
Yegor Yefimov, violinist
Kseniya Tarasova
Nastenka
Lyubov Orlova
Grushenka
Anatoli Goryunov
Schultz
Lev Fenin
Valemirov, landowner
Igor Doronin
Student
Ivan Kudryavtsev
Ivan Vasilyev
Sergei Vecheslov
Tavern visitor
Antonin Pankryshev
Gendarme
Leonid Yurenyov
His Excellency
Aleksandr Kostomolotsky
Entrepreneur
Naum Rogozhin
Yakov Rykov
Tatyana Barysheva
Provincial actress (uncredited)
Antonina Maksimova
Nihilistic student (uncredited)
Georgi Millyar
Gossip teller (uncredited)
Sofya Levitina
(uncredited)
Serafim Koziminsky
Student / Convict
Georgy Bobynin
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Nothing Personal
Hungry Hearts
Come Sunday
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Reading Lolita in Tehran
The Visit
Adopt a Highway
A Question of Faith
Vanya on 42nd Street
Skin
Gigi & Nate
What Maisie Knew
Bennett's War
Winged Creatures
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
The Fugitive
Tigertail
The Return
Won't Back Down