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Man in a Shell (1939)

★ 4.3/10 84 min Comedy, Romance Soviet Union Russian
Writer: Isidor Annensky
Short Story: Anton Chekhov
Streaming: Not available

Description

The Greek teacher Belikov, who works in a rural gymnasium, loved to keep things in cases, was afraid of everything and lived himself, as if in a case, on the principle: “no matter what happens”. By this principle, he literally "terrorized" the gymnasium and the villagers. Hope appeared when Varenka arrived in the village - “not a girl, but marmalade”, although she was already aged, and “did not mind being married, even if only to a teacher of the Greek language”.

Top Cast

Olga Androvskaya
Olga Androvskaya Варвара Александровна Коваленко (Варенька)
Mikhail Zharov
Mikhail Zharov Михаил Александрович Коваленко (учитель истории и географии)
Faina Ranevskaya
Faina Ranevskaya жена инспектора
Aleksei Gribov
Aleksei Gribov Афанасий (слуга Беликова)
Vladimir Gardin
Vladimir Gardin Михаил Васильевич (директор гимназии)
Aleksandr Larikov
Aleksandr Larikov Невыразимов (учитель)
Aleksandra Matveeva
Aleksandra Matveeva продавщица цветов
Osip Abdulov
Osip Abdulov Тарантулов, учитель

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