Поликушка (Polikushka)
Also known as Polikouchka in France; Polikuszka in Poland : [Polikuska]
(1922) Soviet Union
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Aleksandr Sanin
Cast: Ivan Moskvin [Polikei], Vera Pashennaya [Akulina, Polikei’s wife], Evgeniya Raevskaya [the lady], Varvara Bulgakova [the lady’s niece], Sergei Aidarov [the steward], Dimitri Gundurov [the gardener], Sergei Golovin [Dutlov], Aleksandr Istomin [Ilyukha], Nikolai Znamenskiy [Alyokha], Varvara Massalitinova [the joiner’s wife], Nikolai Kostromskoy [Barman]
Mezhrabpom-Rus’ production. / Scenario by Nikolai Efros and Fyodor Otsep, from a story by Lev Tolstoy. Art direction by Sergei Kozlovsky and Sergey Petrov. Cinematography by Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky. / Released 31 October 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Moskvin’s film debut. The film was completed in 1919. The film was released in Denmark on 20 November 1923. The film was released in France by Phocea Film on 27 June 1924. The film was released in the USA by Exceptional Photoplays Committee in 1927.
Drama.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [Russia]; Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Death: Suicide
Listing updated: 28 March 2020.
References: Bardèche-History pp. 173, 175, 176; Youngblood-Soviet pp. 1, 15, 73, 318 : Website-IMDb.
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