Youth of the Poet (1937)

7.0/10 84 min Drama History

Overview

Biographical film "Youth of the poet", dedicated to Pushkin-Lyceum student. At the 1937 world exhibition in Paris, the film was awarded a gold medal. The Director managed to accurately recreate the historic era, to convey the atmosphere of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum in the years of the formation of the poetic genius of Pushkin.

Cast

Cheslav Sushkevich

Aleksandr Goncharov

Vladimir Gardin

Gustav Meyer, lyceum's governor

Nina Shaternikova

Princess Ellen

Valentyna Ivashova

Natasha

Alexander Mgebrov

Gavrila Derzhavin

Alexandr Gromov

Foma

Valentin Yantsat

Aleksandr Kunitsyn, professor of Justice

Emil Gal

David De Boudris

Vladimir Taskin

Frolov, lyceum's inspector

Alexander Geirot

Engelgardt (uncredited)

Oleg Zhakov

(uncredited)

Sergei Karnovich-Valua

Arakcheyev (uncredited)

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