Don Diego and Pelagia (1928)

Don Diego and Pelagia

1928

Comedy Drama

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Yakov Protazanov

Cast

Alexandr Gromov as Registration and distribution official

Anatoliy Bykov as 'Don Diego', stationmaster

Daniil Vvedenskiy as Watchman

I. Levkoyeva as Komsomol member

Ivan Yudin as Misha, komsomol member

Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina as Pelagia Dyomina

Mikhail Zharov as Mikhail Zharov

Osip Brik as Speaker on the dangers of bureaucracy