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An Ordinary Man (1957)
Directed by Aleksandr Stolbov
Comedy, Romance · 1h 35m
The famous singer Ladygin, who has won success and fame, lives in a spacious apartment furnished with paintings and luxury goods. Suddenly, an old front-line friend, a prominent scientist Svekolkin, comes to Ladygin. Realizing that for Ladygin, ranks and titles are more valuable than human qualities, Svekolkin tells his friend that he works as a simple cashier. This leads to a number of misunderstandings and comic situations.
Cast
Vasili Merkuryev
Ladygin
Irina Skobtseva
Kira
Georgiy Kulikov
Aleksei
Evgeniya Kozyreva
Vera Artemyevna
Serafima Birman
Konstantsiya
Pyotr Konstantinov
Svekolkin
Roza Makagonova
Annushka
Aleksandra Panova
Parasha
Valentina Belyaeva
Aleksei's assistant
Ivan Bychkov
master who hangs the picture
Vladimir Maruta
Polynov
Mikhail Troyanovsky
neighbour-granddad
Crew
- Director
- Aleksandr Stolbov
- Writer
- Leonid Leonov, Mikhail Romm
- Director of Photography
- Vadim Yusov, Konstantin Brovin
- Original Music Composer
- Boris Chaikovsky
- Editor
- Mariya Renkova
- Producer
- Mikhail Romm
Details
- Original title
- Обыкновенный человек
- Release date
- 1957-03-08
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Production
- Mosfilm