10 January 1927 61 mins
A comedy starring Nina Shaternikova, The Skotinins is loosely based on the 18th century play The Minor by Denis Fonvizin. In it, the upper class is shown as both depraved and stupid, engaging a variety of absurd, over-the-top follies.
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Varvara Massalitinova as Prostakova
Pavel Tamm as Prostakov
Sofya Yakovleva as Glashka
Igor Doronin as Trishka
Nikolay Belyaev as Taras Skotinin
Nina Shaternikova as Sofya
Galina Ivanovskaya as Yeremeyevna, old nanny
Nadezhda Borskaya as Empress Catherine the Great
Vladimir Kriger as (uncredited)
Pavel Kurzner as (uncredited)
Evlaliya Olgina as Dunya (uncredited)
Mariya Shlenskaya as Old peasant woman (uncredited)
Esfir Shub Editor
Grigoriy Roshal Director
Vera Stroyeva Writer
Serafima Roshal Writer
Denis Fonvizin Theatre Play
Nikolay Kozlovsky Director of Photography
Isaak Makhlis Production Design
David Shlyugleyt Camera Operator
Anatoli Lunacharsky Script Editor
Russia 10 January 1927
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