The Anna Cross

The Anna Cross

Drama | Jan. 1, 1954

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.

The Anna Cross

Drama | Jan. 1, 1954

The Anna Cross
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Gorky Film Studios
Original title Анна на шее
Directors Isidor Annensky
Writers Isidor Annensky, Anton Chekhov

Cast

Alla Larionova

as Anna Soboleva

Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky

as Pyotr Sobolev

Pyotr Maltsev

as Petya

Aleksandr Metyolkin

as Andryusha

Vladimir Vladislavskiy

as Modest Alexeyevich

Mikhail Zharov

as Artynov

Natalya Belyovtseva

as Princess

Irina Murzayeva

as Mavra Grigoryevna / Mavra Grigor'yevna

Vladimir Shishkin

as Dezdemonov

Gennadi Zaichkin

as Shchyogolev

Aleksei Gribov

as Ivan Ivanovich

Tatyana Pankova

as Agrafena Semonovna, portnikha

Galina Frolova

as dama v kioske

George Gumilevsky

as bufetchik v teatre

Mikhail Shishkov

as tsygan

Aleksandr Rumnyov

as rasporyaditel' na balu