Movie
The Anna Cross
Released: May 13, 1954 (1954)
Runtime: 82 minutes
Genres: Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Aleksandr Vertinsky as Prince
Age at release: 65
- Vladimir Vladislavskiy as Modest Alexeyevich
Age at release: 62
- Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky as Pyotr Sobolev
Age at release: 59
- Mikhail Zharov as Artynov
Age at release: 54
- Irina Murzayeva as Mavra Grigoryevna
Age at release: 47
- Vladimir Shishkin as Dezdemonov
Age at release: 35
- Alla Larionova as Anna Soboleva
Age at release: 23
- Pyotr Maltsev as Petya
Age at release: 9
- Aleksandr Metyolkin as Andryusha
Age at release: Unknown
- Natalya Belyovtseva as Princess
Age at release: Unknown
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- Vladimir Uralskiy as Coachman
Age at release: 66
- Aleksandr Rumnyov as rasporyaditel' na balu
Age at release: 55
- Aleksandr Zhukov as lackey
Age at release: 55
- Aleksei Gribov as Ivan Ivanovich
Age at release: 52
- George Gumilevsky as bufetchik v teatre
Age at release: 52
- Sergey Solonitskiy as Official
Age at release: 51
- Irina Murzayeva as Mavra Grigor'yevna
Age at release: 47
- Tatyana Pankova as Agrafena Semonovna, portnikha
Age at release: 37
- Galina Frolova as dama v kioske
Age at release: 35
- Mikhail Shishkov as tsygan
Age at release: 26
- Gennadi Zaichkin as Shchyogolev
Age at release: Unknown