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The Great Glinka

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About the life of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka.

DirectorLev Arnshtam
WriterLev Arnshtam
ProducerNikolai Sliozberg

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Cast · Directed by Lev Arnshtam

BCBoris Chirkov
Boris Chirkov
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
VMVasili Merkuryev
Vasili Merkuryev
Jacob Ulanov Ulyanich
MDMikhail Derzhavin
Mikhail Derzhavin
Gen. Vassili Andreyevich Zhukovsky
PAPyotr Aleynikov
Pyotr Aleynikov
Alexander Pushkin
KI
Katya Ivanova
Anna Petrovna Kern
VSValentina Serova
Valentina Serova
Maria Petrovna Ivanova Glinka
KPKlavdiya Polovikova
Klavdiya Polovikova
Luisa Karlovna Ivanova
NSNikolai Svobodin
Nikolai Svobodin
Baron Igor Feodorovich Rozen
AS
Aleksander Sobolev
Glinka as a child
LSLev Snezhnitsky
Lev Snezhnitsky
Ivan Nikolayevich Glinka
EK
Elena Kondrateva
Glinka's Mother
MNMikhail Nazvanov
Mikhail Nazvanov
Kostya, the Hussar

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The Great Glinka hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around July 25, 1946. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.

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Yes — The Great Glinka is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).