The Man with the Gun (Russian: Человек с ружьём, romanized: Chelovek s ruzhyom, lit. 'Person with a rifle') is a 1938 Soviet history drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich.[1][2]
| The Man with the Gun | |
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| Russian: Человек с ружьём | |
| Directed by | Sergei Yutkevich |
| Written by | Nikolai Pogodin |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Dmitri Shostakovich |
Production company | |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot edit
The film takes place during the October Revolution, when the army is approaching the army of General Krasnov. Ivan Shadrin, a peasant who became a soldier, goes to Petrograd in order to convey a letter to Vladimir Lenin with questions that concern his comrades.
Cast edit
- Maksim Shtraukh as Vladimir Lenin
- Mikheil Gelovani as Joseph Stalin (removed from cut version)[when?]
- Boris Tenin[3][4] as Ivan Shadrin
- Vladimir Lukin as Nikolai Chibisov
- Zoya Fyodorova as Katya
- Faina Ranevskaya as mansion owner, séance psychic (uncredited)
- Boris Chirkov as Yevtushenko
- Nikolay Cherkasov as general
- Nikolai Sosnin as Zakhar Zakharovich Sibirtsev, millionaire
- Serafima Birman as Varvara Ivanovna, his wife
- Mark Bernes as Kostya Zhigilyov
- Stepan Kayukov as Andrei Dymov, sailor
- Pavel Sukhanov as Matushkin, captive
- Konstantin Sorokin as honor guard
- Nikolai Kryuchkov as Sidorov
- Pavel Kadochnikov as soldier with seeds
- Mikhail Yanshin as officer, séance guest
- Yuri Tolubeyev as revolutionary sailor
- Pyotr Aleynikov as soldier
- Vladimir Volchik as soldier
- Yelizaveta Uvarova as freeloader
- Vasili Vanin as general's batman[5]
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