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Petersburg Slums

Five-episode adaptation of the eponymous Russian novel, directed by Pyotr Chardynin et al.

Top Cast

  • Olga Preobrazhenskaya

    Olga Preobrazhenskaya

    Anna Chechevanskaya

  • Lydia Sycheva

    Lydia Sycheva

    The old princess Chechevanskaya

  • Nikolai Gorich

    Nikolai Gorich

    Prince of Shadur

  • Lidiya Ryndina

    Lidiya Ryndina

    Beroeva

  • Vladimir Maksimov

    Vladimir Maksimov

    Veresov

  • Alexander Wyrubow

    Alexander Wyrubow

    Mordenko, the clerk

  • Iona Talanov

    Iona Talanov

    Yuzich

  • Ivan Mosjoukine

    Ivan Mosjoukine

  • Nikolai Nikolsky

    Nikolai Nikolsky

Overview

Five-episode adaptation of the eponymous Russian novel, directed by Pyotr Chardynin et al.

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