The Anna Cross

The Anna Cross
The Anna Cross
	Russian: Анна на шее
Directed by	Isidor Annensky
Written by	Anton Chekhov (story); Isidor Annensky;
Starring	Alla Larionova; ; ; Mikhail Zharov; Alexander Vertinsky;
Cinematography
Edited by	Raisa Shor
Music by
Production; company	Gorky Film Studio
Release date	1954
Running time	82 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Anna Cross (Russian: Анна на шее, romanized: Anna na shee) is a 1954 Soviet film directed by Isidor Annensky.^[1]^[2]^[3] It won the "Golden Olive Branch" prize at the International Film Festival in Italy in 1957^[4]

Plot[]

This is the story of a very beautiful and pleasant woman, who is not burdened with high moral standards. The first choice in her life is a marriage of convenience that shut out those who genuinely loved Anna, and at the same time introduced her into the brilliant world of Moscow's society.^[5]

Cast[]

Alla Larionova^[6] as Anna
as Modest Alekseyevich
as Pyotr Leontievich, father
Mikhail Zharov as Artynov
Alexander Vertinsky as The Prince
Irina Murzaeva as Mavra Grigorievna
as Petya, kid brother (as Petya Maltsev)
as Andryusha, kid brother (as Sasha Metyolkin)
as The Dressmaker
Vladimir Shishkin as Dezdyemonov
as Shegolyev
as The Princess
Alexey Gribov as Ivan Ivanovich
Vladimir Soshalsky as officer
Vera Altayskaya as lady in a carriage^[7]

Release[]

The film was watched by 31.9 million Soviet viewers, which is the 314th highest figure in the history of Soviet film distribution.^[8]

References[]

External links[]

The Anna Cross at IMDb

[1] Лучшее с молотка: классика Киностудии им. Горького, распродающей имущество

[2] Лучшие фильмы, которые нужно бы показать российским детям (список)

[3] Более 70 экспонатов из фондов Музея кино представят на выставке в ГМИИ им. А.Пушкина

[4] [1] Archived 2016-12-29 at the Wayback Machine>

[5] Анна на шее

[6] Боги всегда одиноки...

[7] Vera Altayskaya at IMDb

[8] СССР: Самые кассовые фильмы

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