Parasite
2019 · Comedy · Thriller
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Film / 1928
Don Diego and Pelagia
Directed by
Yakov Protazanov
The vain station master of a Russian train station out in the sticks has a quarrel with an old peasant woman and has her thrown in jail. The local party youth organisation finally manage to get her released, after having to cut through lots of red tape.
The story
The vain station master of a Russian train station out in the sticks has a quarrel with an old peasant woman and has her thrown in jail. The local party youth organisation finally manage to get her released, after having to cut through lots of red tape.
Cast
Mariya Blyumental-TamarinaPelagia Dyomina
Anatoliy Bykov'Don Diego', stationmaster
Vladimir MikhaylovPelagia's husband
I. LevkoyevaKomsomol member
Ivan YudinMisha, komsomol member
Vladimir PopovVillage council caretaker
Osip BrikSpeaker on the dangers of bureaucracy
Alexandr GromovRegistration and distribution official
Daniil VvedenskiyWatchman
Mikhail ZharovMikhail Zharov
Yelena TyapkinaPriestess
Ivan PelttserOU secretary
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Vera MaretskayaWoman in the courtroom
Andrei Gorchilin(uncredited)
Nikolay IvakinKomsomol member, cooperative vendor (uncredited)
Sofya LevitinaWoman in the prison (uncredited)
M. Libakov-Ilyinskiy(uncredited)
Lev FeninFriend of the head of the railway section service (uncredited)
Mariya ShlenskayaDeaf old woman (uncredited)
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