From his early silent works, the great Russian film director, Herr Yakov Protazanov, made literary adaptations from equally great Russian writers, as is the case with "Chiny I Lyudi" ( Ranks And People ) (1929) in which three short stories by Chekhov, "Anna On The Neck", "Death Of A Petty Official" and "Chameleon" were assembled for the silent screen.
Director:
Writer:
Mikhail Tarkhanov
Modest Alekseich - Anna na shee
Mariya Strelkova
Anna Petrovna - Anna na shee
Andrey Petrovsky
Governor - Anna na shee
Nikolay Shcherbakov
Anna's father - Anna na shee
Viktor Stanitsyn
Artynov - Anna na shee
Ivan Moskvin
Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika
Yevgeni Yershov
General Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika
Daniil Vvedenskiy
Policeman - Khameleon
Vladimir Popov
Khriukin - Khameleon
Sofya Levitina
Gossip - Anna na shee
Yelena Maksimova
Modest's servant - Anna na shee
Varvara Rizenko
neighbor - Anna na shee
Serguei Sideliov
student - Anna na shee
Mariya Shlenskaya
Gossip
