The Poet (1956 film)

The Poet (Russian: Поэт) is a 1956 Soviet drama film directed by Boris Barnet.

The Poet
Russian: Поэт
Directed by	Boris Barnet
Written by	Valentin Kataev
Starring	Nikolay Kryuchkov Izolda Izvitskaya Sergey Dvoretskiy Zoya Fyodorova I. Kolin Olga Vikland
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

The film takes place during the Civil War in the port city, which organizes poetic evenings. Two local poets successfully perform there. One of them later joins the white army and the other - red.

Cast

• Nikolay Kryuchkov as Nikolai Tzarev, communist leader
• Izolda Izvitskaya as Olga, communist agent
• Sergey Dvoretskiy as Nikolai Tarasov, communist poet (as S. Dvorzhetsky)
• Zoya Fyodorova as Katherine Tarasova, mother of Nikolai (as Z. Fyodorova)
• I. Kolin as Pharmacist
• Olga Vikland as Pharmacist's wife
• Pyotr Aleynikov as Stepan - Red Army soldier
• Vsevolod Larionov as Sergei Orlovsky - anti-communist
• Georgiy Georgiu as Father Orlovsky
• Ivan Koval-Samborsky as Colonel
• Vera Altayskaya as Secretary
• Pyotr Berezov as Artist
• Valentin Gaft as French soldier
• Tatyana Guretskaya as Communist agent
• Rina Zelyonaya as Poet

External links

• The Poet at IMDb