The Anna Cross

Name: The Anna Cross
Genre: Drama
Released: 1954-05-13
Duration: 82 min

1h 22m·Drama

Directed by Isidor Annensky·1954

Rate

5.0/10 avg

Based on the short story by A. P. Chekhov. Beggar 18-year-old beauty Anna marries a rich 52-year-old official to help her father and brothers. After the death of the mother, the father drinks, the brothers go hungry. For the sake of her relatives, she is ready for anything, even to become the wife of an elderly, rude, vulgar and hated Modest Alexeyevich.

DirectorIsidor AnnenskyCinematographyGeorge ReysgofScreenplayIsidor AnnenskyStudioGorky Film Studios

Actor	Role
Alla LarionovaAnna Soboleva	Anna Soboleva
Aleksandr Sashin-NikolskyPyotr Sobolev	Pyotr Sobolev
Pyotr MaltsevPetya	Petya
Aleksandr MetyolkinAndryusha	Andryusha
Vladimir VladislavskiyModest Alexeyevich	Modest Alexeyevich
Mikhail ZharovArtynov	Artynov
Aleksandr VertinskyPrince	Prince
Natalya BelyovtsevaPrincess	Princess
Irina MurzayevaMavra Grigoryevna	Mavra Grigoryevna
Vladimir ShishkinDezdemonov	Dezdemonov
Gennadi ZaichkinShchyogolev	Shchyogolev
Aleksei GribovIvan Ivanovich	Ivan Ivanovich
Irina MurzayevaMavra Grigor'yevna	Mavra Grigor'yevna
Tatyana PankovaAgrafena Semonovna, portnikha	Agrafena Semonovna, portnikha
Galina Frolovadama v kioske	dama v kioske
Georgy Gumilevskybufetchik v teatre	bufetchik v teatre
Mikhail Shishkovtsygan	tsygan
Aleksandr Rumnyovrasporyaditel' na balu	rasporyaditel' na balu
AAleksandr Zhukovlackey	lackey
Vladimir UralskiyCoachman	Coachman
SSergey SolonitskiyOfficial	Official
VViktor BubnovGentleman in the ballroom (uncredited)	Gentleman in the ballroom (uncredited)
VValentin SmirnovNot listed	Not listed

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