The Man with the Gun

The Man with the Gun
Russian: Человек с ружьём
Directed by	Sergei Yutkevich
Written by	Nikolai Pogodin
Starring	Maksim Shtraukh Mikheil Gelovani Boris Tenin Zoya Fyodorova
Music by	Dmitri Shostakovich
Production company	Lenfilm
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Man with the Gun (Russian: Человек с ружьём, romanized: Chelovek s ruzhyom, lit. 'Person with a rifle') is a 1938 Soviet history drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich.^[1][2]

The film takes place during the October Revolution, when the army is approaching the army of General Krasnov. Ivan Shadrin, a peasant who became a soldier, goes to Petrograd in order to convey a letter to Vladimir Lenin with questions that concern his comrades.

• Maksim Shtraukh as Vladimir Lenin
• Mikheil Gelovani as Joseph Stalin (removed from cut version)^[when?]
• Boris Tenin^[3][4] as Ivan Shadrin
• Vladimir Lukin as Nikolai Chibisov
• Zoya Fyodorova as Katya
• Faina Ranevskaya as mansion owner, séance psychic (uncredited)
• Boris Chirkov as Yevtushenko
• Nikolay Cherkasov as general
• Nikolai Sosnin as Zakhar Zakharovich Sibirtsev, millionaire
• Serafima Birman as Varvara Ivanovna, his wife
• Mark Bernes as Kostya Zhigilyov
• Stepan Kayukov as Andrei Dymov, sailor
• Pavel Sukhanov as Matushkin, captive
• Konstantin Sorokin as honor guard
• Nikolai Kryuchkov as Sidorov
• Pavel Kadochnikov as soldier with seeds
• Mikhail Yanshin as officer, séance guest
• Yuri Tolubeyev as revolutionary sailor
• Pyotr Aleynikov as soldier
• Vladimir Volchik as soldier
• Yelizaveta Uvarova as freeloader
• Vasili Vanin as general's batman^[5]

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• The Man with the Gun at IMDb

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