Locksmith and Chancellor () is a 1923 Soviet silent film directed by Vladimir Gardin based on the play of Anatoli Lunacharsky.Sargeant p.1
The film's art direction was by .
Synopsis The Government of the fictional country Norland has unleashed a war with the neighboring Galikania and is suffering one defeat after another. A group of conspirators who were dissatisfied with this state of affairs, led by the Social Democrat Frank Frey arrange a coup to overthrew the emperor of Norland. But the working class does not like the new order either. Workers expose Frank Frey's policy of continuing the war and a revolution breaks out in the country. The leader of the socialist revolution becomes a mechanic of the name Franz Stark.
Cast Ivan Khudoleyev as Emperor of Norland Nikolai Panov as Chancellor von Turau N. Tairova as von Turau's wife Vladimir Gardin as Gammer Vladimir Maksimov as Frank Frey, lawyer Zoya Barantsevich as Countess Mitsi Iona Talanov as Berenberg Nikolai Saltykov as Franz Stark, locksmith Lidiya Iskritskaya-Gardina as Anna Oleg Frelikh as Leo von Turau Ivan Kapralov as Robert von Turau V. Valitskaya as Lora von Turau, Robert's wife Olga Bystritskaya as Anna, Leo's lover A. Semyonov as Netli, chancellor's secretary M. Arnazi Aleksandra Rebikova Evgeniy Gryaznov Karl Tomski Nikolay Popov Stepan Kuznetsov Olga Preobrazhenskaya
References
Bibliography Sargeant, Amy. Vsevolod Pudovkin: Classic Films of the Soviet Avant-garde. I.B.Tauris, 2001.
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