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Man in a Shell

4.319391h 24mMovieComedyRomance

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"…

DirectorIsidor Annensky
WriterIsidor Annensky
ProducerA. Petrov

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Cast · Directed by Isidor Annensky

OAOlga Androvskaya
Olga Androvskaya
Варвара Александровна Коваленко (Варенька)
MZMikhail Zharov
Mikhail Zharov
Михаил Александрович Коваленко (учитель истории и географии)
FRFaina Ranevskaya
Faina Ranevskaya
жена инспектора
AGAleksei Gribov
Aleksei Gribov
Афанасий (слуга Беликова)
VGVladimir Gardin
Vladimir Gardin
Михаил Васильевич (директор гимназии)
ALAleksandr Larikov
Aleksandr Larikov
Невыразимов (учитель)
AMAleksandra Matveeva
Aleksandra Matveeva
продавщица цветов
OAOsip Abdulov
Osip Abdulov
Тарантулов, учитель
KAKonstantin Adashevsky
Konstantin Adashevsky
Priest
ABAleksey Bondi
Aleksey Bondi
учитель, француз (в титрах С. Бонди)
NKNikolai Khmelyov
Nikolai Khmelyov
Беликов (учитель греческого языка)
VVVladimir Voronov
Vladimir Voronov
Inspector

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