The Anna Cross (1954)
May 13, 1954Release Date
The Anna Cross (1954)
May 13, 1954Release Date
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Plot.
Based on the short story by A. P. Chekhov. Beggar 18-year-old beauty Anna marries a rich 52-year-old official to help her father and brothers. After the death of the mother, the father drinks, the brothers go hungry. For the sake of her relatives, she is ready for anything, even to become the wife of an elderly, rude, vulgar and hated Modest Alexeyevich.
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Cast & Crew.

Alla Larionova
Anna Soboleva

Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky
Pyotr Sobolev

Pyotr Maltsev
Petya

Aleksandr Metyolkin
Andryusha

Vladimir Vladislavskiy
Modest Alexeyevich

Mikhail Zharov
Artynov

Aleksandr Vertinskiy
The Prince

Aleksandr Vertinsky
Prince

Natalya Belyovtseva
Princess

Vladimir Shishkin
Dezdemonov

Gennadi Zaichkin
Shchyogolev

Aleksei Gribov
Ivan Ivanovich

Irina Murzayeva
Mavra Grigoryevna / Mavra Grigor'yevna

Tatyana Pankova
Agrafena Semonovna, portnikha

Galina Frolova
dama v kioske

George Gumilevsky
bufetchik v teatre

Mikhail Shishkov
tsygan

Aleksandr Rumnyov
rasporyaditel' na balu

Isidor Annensky
Director / Screenplay

Aleksandr Zhukov
lackey

George Reysgof
Director of Photography / Camera Operator

Anton Chekhov
Writer

Aleksandr Dikhtyar
Production Design

Raisa Shor
Editor
Media.

Details.
Wiki.
The Anna Cross (Russian: Анна на шее, romanized: Anna na shee) is a 1954 Soviet historical drama film directed by Isidor Annensky. It won the "Golden Olive Branch" prize at the International Film Festival in Italy in 1957
The film tells of a young woman who sacrifices her freedom in a loveless marriage to save her impoverished family, only to find herself trapped in societal expectations and torn between duty and desire for independence.
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