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Polikushka (1922)

Polikushka (1922)

Drama
Release Date: 1922, October 30
Directors: Aleksandr Sanin
Countries: Russia
Production: Torgovy dom "Rus"
Cast: Ivan Moskvin, Vera Pashennaya, Varvara Massalitinova, Aleksandr Istomin, Nikolay Kostromskoy, Yevgeniya Rayevskaya, Varvara Bulgakova, Sergei Aidarov, Dmitry Gundurov, Sergei Golovin, Nikolai Znamenskiy

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;