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The Happy Canary

Lev Kuleshov

1929 • 1h 13m

Actress Brio working in a cafe "The Happy Canary", does not suspect that her new acquaintances Brianski and Lugovec are Communists sent by an underground committee to fight the enemy's counter-intelli...

The Happy Canary

Cast

Galina Kravchenko

Galina KravchenkoMademoiselle Brio, variety show artist

Andrey Fayt

Andrey FaytLugovets

Ada Vojtsik

Ada VojtsikLugovets's wife

Sergei KomarovBryanskiy, underground Bolshevik

Yury Vasilchikov

Yury VasilchikovAdjutant for the chief of secret intelligence

Mikhail Doronin

Mikhail DoroninChief of secret counterintelligence

Vladimir KochetovFrench Bolshevik soldier

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod PudovkinIllusionist

Aleksandr Chistyakov

Aleksandr ChistyakovWorker

Aleksandr Zhutaev

Valentina Lopatina

Vladimir Tsoppi

Vladimir Tsoppi(uncredited)

Crew

Pyotr Yermolov

Pyotr YermolovDirector of Photography

Lev Kuleshov

Lev KuleshovDirector

Anatoli Marienhof

Anatoli MarienhofWriter

Yury Vasilchikov

Yury VasilchikovCo-Director

Sergei Kozlovsky

Sergei KozlovskyProduction Design

Moisey Aleynikov

Moisey AleynikovProducer

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