Yevgeni Chervyakov as Alexander Pushkin
Irina Volodko as Natalie Pushkina
Konstantin Karenin as Nicholas I of Russia
Boris Tumarin as Baron d'Anthès
Leonid Tkachov as Pyotr Vyazemsky
Yevgenia Rosiner as Aleksandra, Nathalie's sister
Aleksei Feona as Vasily Zhukovsky
Ivan Lerskiy as Faddey Bulgarin
Aleksandr Larikov as Nikita
Olga Spirova as Yekaterina, Nathalie's sister
Ivan Khudoleyev as Baron Alexander von Benckendorff
Zoya Valevskaya as Idalia Poletika
Anatoli Nelidov as Ivan Krylov
Fyodor Lopukhov as Nikolai Gogol
Gennadiy Michurin as Konstantin Danzas
Yevgeni Boronikhin as Vladimir Dahl
Nikolai Cherkasov as Charles, the barber
Valeri Plotnikov as Baron de Heeckeren
Mariya Dobrova as Alexandra Smirnova
Pyotr Podvalny as viscount d'Archiac
Yevgeniya Rogulina
Andrei Mironov — Orlando, the travelling scientist
Tatyana Aksyuta — Martha (voiced by Marina Neyolova)
Lev Durov — Gorgon, the robber
Baltybay Seytmamutov — Brutus, the robber
Ksenia Piratinskaya — May as a child
Valery Storozhik — May as an adult
Karmen Galin — the Plague Witch (voiced by Yekaterina Vasilyeva)
Veniamin Smekhov — Don Qixote
Vladimir Basov — the lawyer
Alexander Pyatkov — the driller
Jean Lorin Florescu — the prosecutor
Directed by Mikhail Romm
Written by Iosif Prut
Mikhail Romm
Starring Ivan Novoseltsev
Yelena Kuzmina
Cinematography Boris Volchek
Edited by Tatyana Likhachyova
Music by Anatoli Aleksandrov
Release date
8 May 1937
Ivan Novoseltsev - Squadron Commander Ivan Zhuravlyov
Yelena Kuzmina - Marya Nikolaevna Zhuravlyova
Aleksandr Chistyakov - Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
Andrei Fajt - Half Colonel Skuratov
Ivan Kuznetsov - Soldier Yusuf Akchurin
Alexei Dolinin as Aleksey Timoshkin - Red Army soldier (as A. Dolinin)
Pyotr Masokha as Petr Sviridenko - Red Army soldier (as P. Masokha)
Pavel Yudin as Petrov - Red Army soldier (as P. Yudin)
Dmitry Zolts as Dimiriy Levkoyev - Red Army soldier (as D. Zolts)
Viktor Kulakov as Nikolay Balandin - Red Army soldier (as V. Kulakov)
Mikhail Derzhavin ... Col. Gen. Muravyov (as M. Derzhavin)
Pyotr Andriyevsky Pyotr Andriyevsky ... Col. Gen. Vinogradov (as P. Andreyevsky)
Yuriy Tolubeev Yuriy Tolubeev ... Lavrov (as Yu. Tolubeyev)
Andrei Abrikosov Andrei Abrikosov ... Lt. Gen. Krivenko (as A. Abrikosov)
Aleksandr Zrazhevsky Aleksandr Zrazhevsky ... Lt. Gen. Panteleyev (as A. Zrazhevsky)
Nikolai Korn Nikolai Korn
Mark Bernes Mark Bernes ... Minutka (as M. Bernes)
Vladimir Maryev Vladimir Maryev
Pavel Volkov Pavel Volkov ... Stepan (as P. Volkov)
Archil Gomiashvili as Ostap Bender (voiced by Yuri Sarantsev; singing voice by Valeri Zolotukhin; in some scenes speaks in his own voice)
Sergey Filippov as Ippolit Matveyevich "Kisa" Vorobyaninov
Mikhail Pugovkin as Father Fyodor, priest
Natalya Krachkovskaya as Madame Gritsatsuyeva
Igor Yasulovich as Ernest Shchukin, engineer
Natalya Vorobyova as Ellochka Shchukina, Ernest Shchukin's wife
Klara Rumyanova as Katerina Aleksandrovna, Father Fyodor's wife
Natalya Varley as Yelizaveta "Liza" Petrovna (voiced by Nadezhda Rumyantseva)
Georgy Vitsin as fitter Mechnikov
Savely Kramarov as one-eyed chess player
Radner Muratov as first chess player
Viktor Pavlov as Kolya, Liza's husband
Gotlib Roninson as chairman Kislyarsky
Roman Filippov as poet Nikifor Lyapis-Trubetskoy
Grigory Shpigel as Aleksandr Yakovlevich
Yuri Nikulin as janitor Tikhon
Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova as Yelena Stanislavovna Bour
Vladimir Etush as Andrei Bruns
Nina Grebeshkova as Musik, Bruns' wife
Alexander Khvylya as Vakkhanyuk
Nina Agapova as soloist of theater "Kolumb"
Rina Zelyonaya as editor of youth problem magazine "Groom and Bride"
Irina Murzaeva as guide of furniture craftsmanship museum
Yevdokiya Urusova as Klavdiya Ivanovna Petukhova, Kisa's mother-in-law
Erast Garin as theater critic
Leonid Gaidai as Varfolomey Korobeinikov (uncredited)
Rostislav Plyatt as Narrator (uncredited)
Stanislav Sadalsky as fireman in theater "Kolumb" (uncredited)
Aleksandr Lyapin as Sergei Narbekov
Lidiya Milyuzina as Lyuda Beletskaya
Egor Baranovskiy as Stepan Molodtsov
Ivan Kupreenko as Kostya Denisov
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Sergei's grandfather
Olga Tumaykina as Sergei's mother
Vladimir Ilyin as Stepan 30 years later
Tatyana Yakovenko as Lyuda's mother
Yanina Kalganova as Katya
Vasiliy Shakhnazarov as Misha
Mark Donskoy
Writer: Mariya Smirnova
Vera Maretskaya ... Varvara Vasilyevna - Martynova
Daniil Sagal Daniil Sagal ... Martynov - Sergey Dmitriyevich (as D. Sagal)
Pavel Olenev Pavel Olenev ... Yegor - Petrovich (as P. Olenev)
Vladimir Maruta Vladimir Maruta ... Voronov - Klim (as V. Maruta)
Vladimir Belokurov Vladimir Belokurov ... Bukov - kulak (as V. Belokurov)
Dmitri Pavlov Dmitri Pavlov ... Prov Voronov - as adult (as D. Pavlov)
Vladimir Lepeshinsky Vladimir Lepeshinsky ... Prov - Voronov in childhood (as Volodya Lepeshinskiy)
Anatoli Gonichev Anatoli Gonichev ... Yefim Tsigankov / Sergey Tsigankov (as Tolya Ganichev)
Emma Balashova Emma Balashova ... Dunya - Ostrogova / Tanya Ostrogova (as Emma Balasheva)
Boris Belyayev Boris Belyayev ... Vanya - Zernov (as Borya Belyayev)
Oleg Shmelev Oleg Shmelev ... Nikita - Bukov
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nina Bershadskaya Nina Bershadskaya ... Girl's gymnasium director (as N. Bershadskaya)
Aleksey Konsovskiy Aleksey Konsovskiy ... Gymnasium student (as A. Konsovskiy)
Anna Lisyanskaya Anna Lisyanskaya ... Yevdokiya Ostrogova (as A. Lysyanskaya)
Ariadna Lysak Ariadna Lysak ... Mashenka (as A. Lysak)
Lina Braknytė: Suok
Pjotr Artemjew: Tutti
Alexei Batalow: Tibul
Walentin Nikulin: Dr. Gaspar
Alexander Orlow: August
Rina Seljonaja: Tantchen Gani
Roman Filippow: Prospero
Sergei Kulagin: Dickwanst
Jewgeni Morgunow: Dickwanst
Boris Christoforow: Dickwanst
Nikolai Waljano: Kanzler
Pawel Luspekajew: General Karaska
Nikolai Karnauchow: Ballonverkäufer
Alexei Smirnow: Küchenchef
Boris Ardow: Hauptmann Bonawentura
Wiktor Sergatschow: Tanzlehrer
Sergei Karnowitsch-Walua: General
Lew Stepanow: Zeremonienmeister
Boris Ljoskin: Höfling
German Lupekin: Scharfrichter
Jewgenija Lossakewitsch: Hofdame
Irina Sarubina: Hofdame
Walentina Romanowa: Hofdame
Alexandra Joschkina: Hofdame
Jakow Gudkin: Bürger
Georgi Schtil: Höfling
Alexander Afanassjew
Michail Wassiljew
Georgi Kurowski
Anatoli Garitschew
Aleksandr Rou
Writers: Nikolay Erdman, Mikhail Volpin
Natalya Sedykh ... Alyonushka
Aleksei Katyshev Aleksei Katyshev ... Vasya
Georgiy Millyar Georgiy Millyar ... Kashchej
Vera Altayskaya Vera Altayskaya ... Baba Yaga
Lev Potyomkin Lev Potyomkin ... Chernoborodyj
Aleksandr Khvylya Aleksandr Khvylya ... Pleshivyj
Anatoliy Kubatskiy Anatoliy Kubatskiy ... Odnoglasyj
Leonid Kharitonov Leonid Kharitonov ... Fedul VI
Muza Krepkogorskaya Muza Krepkogorskaya ... Sofyushka
Aleksei Smirnov Aleksei Smirnov ... Fireman
Pavel Pavlenko Pavel Pavlenko ... Water-spite
Arkadi Tsinman Arkadi Tsinman ... Advicer I
Zoya Vasilkova Zoya Vasilkova ... Advicer II
Mikhail Pugovkin Mikhail Pugovkin ... Tsar
Lidiya Korolyova Lidiya Korolyova ... Tsarina
