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Chelovek iz restorana (Чeловек из ресторана)
(The Man from the Restaurant)
Also known as Garçon de restaurant in France; Der Kellner aus dem Palast-Hotel in Germany; Czlowiek z restauracji in Poland; The Man from the Restaurant in the USA
(1927) Soviet Union
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Yakov Protazanov
Cast: Mikhail Chekhov [Skorohodov, the waiter], Mikhail Klimov [Shtoss, the manager], Mikhail Narokov [Karayesv, the manufacturer], Stepan Kuznetsov [the minister], K. Alekseyeva [Skorohodov’s wife], V. Malinovskaya (Vera Malinovskaya) [Natasha], Ivan Koval-Samborsky [Sokolin, the tenant], Rayisa Karelina-Rayich [the classy lady], A. Petrovsky (Andrey Petrovsky) [the general], Sofya Yakovleva [the seduced girl], Viktor Gromov [a waiter], Mikhail Zharov [a waiter], Arkadiy Blagonravov [a restaurant customer], Sofya Levitina [a restaurant customer], Mark Prudkin [an officer], Sergei Tsenin [an officer], Boris Sushkevich, Yakov Protazanov
Mezhrabpom-Rus’ production. / Scenario by Oleg Leonidov and Yakov Protazanov, from a short story by Ivan Shmelyov. Art direction by Sergei Kozlovsky. Cinematography by Anatoli Golovnya and K. Vents (Konstantin Vents). / Released 12 August 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Germany by Prometheus-Film-Verleih und Vertriebs-Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung on 6 November 1927. The film was released in the USA by Amkino Corporation 0n 4 January 1930. / Silent film.
Comedy: Satire.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown) [Russia]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 18 October 2024.
References: Bardèche-History p. 279; Youngblood-Soviet pp. 115, 148-149, 270, 317 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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