Polikushka backdrop
Polikushka poster
Trailer
Polikushka
4.8
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0h 42m
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1922
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Released
Overview
"Polikushka" was the only film directed by Aleksandr Sanin, one of Moscow Art Academic Theatre's founders, and is based on Lev Tolstoy's homonym short story. In spite the many differences between the literary oeuvre and its film adaptation it is a remarkable work that is outstanding for its depiction of the cruel realities of Russian society -the harsh life condition of its main character and his family in contrast to the wealth of his mistress;

Cast
Ivan Moskvin poster
Ivan Moskvin
Polikey
Vera Pashennaya poster
Vera Pashennaya
Akulina, Polikey's wife
Yevgeniya Rayevskaya poster
Yevgeniya Rayevskaya
Mistress
Varvara Bulgakova poster
Varvara Bulgakova
Mistress's niece
Sergei Aidarov poster
Sergei Aidarov
Clerk
Dmitry Gundurov poster
Dmitry Gundurov
Gardener
Sergei Golovin poster
Sergei Golovin
Dutlov
A. Istomin poster
A. Istomin
Ilyukha, Dutlov's cousin
Nikolai Znamenskiy poster
Nikolai Znamenskiy
Barkeeper
Varvara Massalitinova poster
Varvara Massalitinova
Carpenter's wife
Nikolay Kostromskoy poster
Nikolay Kostromskoy
Alyokha

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