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An Hour with Chekhov is a 1929 Soviet anthology film directed by Yakov Protazanov and Mikhail Doller based on three short stories written by Anton Chekhov; "Anna on the Neck", "The Death of a Government Clerk", "The Chameleon" and dedicated to the 25th anniversary of his death.
Original Release
10/01/1929
US Release
09/05/1933
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mikhail Tarkhanov | Modest Alekseich - Anna na shee / Modest Alekseievitch - Chinovnik (segment 'Anna na shee') |
| Mariya Strelkova | Anna Petrovna - Anna na shee / Anna Petrovna - His Wife (segment 'Anna na shee') |
| N. Shcherbakov | Pyotr Leontievich - Anna's Father (segment 'Anna na shee') |
| Andrey Petrovsky | Governor - Anna na shee / His Excellency - Governor (segment 'Anna na shee') |
| Viktor Stanitsyn | Artynov - Anna na shee / Artynov - Rich Landowner (segment 'Anna na shee') |
| Ivan Moskvin | Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika / Cherviakov (segment 'Smert' chinovnika') / Ochumelov (segment 'Khameleon') |
| Vladimir Yershov | General Bryzgalov (segment 'Smert' chinovnika') |
| Vladimir Popov | Khriukin - Khameleon / Khryukin - Workman (segment 'Khameleon') |
| Daniil Vvedenskiy | Policeman - Khameleon / Eldyrin - Policeman (segment 'Khameleon') |
| Sofya Levitina | Gossip - Anna na shee / Gossip (segment 'Khameleon') |
Directors
Mikhail Doller, Yakov Protazanov
Writers
Yakov Protazanov, Anton Chekhov, Oleg Leonidov
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mikhail Tarkhanov | Modest Alekseich - Anna na shee / Modest Alekseievitch - Chinovnik (segment 'Anna na shee') |
| Mariya Strelkova | Anna Petrovna - Anna na shee / Anna Petrovna - His Wife (segment 'Anna na shee') |
| N. Shcherbakov | Pyotr Leontievich - Anna's Father (segment 'Anna na shee') |
| Andrey Petrovsky | Governor - Anna na shee / His Excellency - Governor (segment 'Anna na shee') |
| Viktor Stanitsyn | Artynov - Anna na shee / Artynov - Rich Landowner (segment 'Anna na shee') |
| Ivan Moskvin | Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika / Cherviakov (segment 'Smert' chinovnika') / Ochumelov (segment 'Khameleon') |
| Vladimir Yershov | General Bryzgalov (segment 'Smert' chinovnika') |
| Vladimir Popov | Khriukin - Khameleon / Khryukin - Workman (segment 'Khameleon') |
| Daniil Vvedenskiy | Policeman - Khameleon / Eldyrin - Policeman (segment 'Khameleon') |
| Sofya Levitina | Gossip - Anna na shee / Gossip (segment 'Khameleon') |
| Yelena Maksimova | Modest's servant - Anna na shee / Modest's Servant (segment 'Anna na shee') |
| Varvara Rizenko | neighbor - Anna na shee / Neighbor (segment 'Anna na shee') |
| Mariya Shlenskaya | Gossip (segment 'Khameleon') |
| Serguei Sideliov | student - Anna na shee / Student (segment 'Anna na shee') |
| Nikolay Shcherbakov | Anna's father - Anna na shee |
