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 as Polikey
- Vera Pashennaya as Akulina, Polikey's wife
- Yevgeniya Rayevskaya as Mistress
- Varvara Bulgakova as Mistress's niece
- Sergei Aidarov as Clerk
- Dmitry Gundurov as Gardener
- Sergei Golovin as Dutlov
- Aleksandr Istomin as Ilyukha, Dutlov's cousin
- Nikolai Znamenskiy as Barkeeper
- Varvara Massalitinova as Carpenter's wife