Petersburg Nights (1934)

A loose Communist adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novel. The serf Egor Efimov, a talented violinist, dreams of true art. Released by his landlord, he goes to the capital. But cold, bureaucratic St. Petersburg quickly destroys his illusions.

Cast (23)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Boris Dobronravov

Yegor Yefimov, violinist

Kseniya Tarasova

Nastenka

Lyubov Orlova

Grushenka

Anatoli Goryunov

Schultz

Lev Fenin

Valemirov, landowner

Igor Doronin

Student

Ivan Kudryavtsev

Ivan Vasilyev

Sergei Vecheslov

Tavern visitor

Antonin Pankryshev

Gendarme

Leonid Yurenyov

His Excellency

Aleksandr Kostomolotsky

Entrepreneur

Naum Rogozhin

D

D. Tarasov

Yakov Rykov

Tatyana Barysheva

Provincial actress (uncredited)

Antonina Maksimova

Nihilistic student (uncredited)

Georgi Millyar

Gossip teller (uncredited)

Sofya Levitina

(uncredited)

Serafim Koziminsky

Student / Convict

Georgy Bobynin

Official (uncredited)

Nikolay Trofimov

Official (uncredited)

Grigori Merlinskiy

Official (uncredited)

Mykola Nademskyi

Old jew (uncredited)

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