60-е годы XIX века. Из провинции в Петербург приезжает либерально настроенный молодой чиновник Бобырев. Он надеется под покровительством своего школьного товарища Клаверова, ставшего генералом, сделать карьеру. Генерал с радостью определяет Бобырева в свою канцелярию, и уже выстраивает планы, как через красавицу Софью, жену Бобырева, будет вести успешную борьбу с противниками и влиять на сластолюбивого министра Тараканова…
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Cast
19 people
Valentin Lebedev
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The Decembrists
Galina Korotkevich
Sofya Aleksandrovna
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Streets of Broken Lights
Spring in Moscow
Nikolai Akimov
Nikolay Akimov
Vladimir Taskin
Prince Tarakanov
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The Sky Slow-Mover
Przhevalsky
Vladimir Petrov
Nikolay Dmitrich Bobyrev
Nadezhda Kosheverova
Alexander Gyultsen
Young prince Tarakanov
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The First Bastille
October Days
Berta Vinogradova
Klara
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Song of Eteri
My Dear Fellow
Vera Budreyko
Olga Dmitriyevna
Yuri Bublikov
Pavel Nikolaich Naboykin
Anatoli Abramov
Ivan Mikheich Svistikov
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Police Sergeant
Shadow
Nadezhda Kosheverova Director · Nikolai Akimov Director Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin Author
First release January 1, 1953 · Produced in Russia · Original title Тени
Production
Lenfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Тени
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · January 1, 1953
Russia · January 26, 1954
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
XC
December 10, 1954 · Theatrical
December 17, 1954 · TV · ČST
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