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Man in a Shell

1939

84 minutes

ComedyRomance

Overview

The Greek teacher Belikov, who works in a rural gymnasium, loved to keep things in cases, was afraid of everything and lived himself, as if in a case, on the principle: “no matter what happens”. By this principle, he literally "terrorized" the gymnasium and the villagers. Hope appeared when Varenka arrived in the village - “not a girl, but marmalade”, although she was already aged, and “did not mind being married, even if only to a teacher of the Greek language”.

Top Cast

Olga Androvskaya headshot

Olga Androvskaya

Варвара Александровна Коваленко (Варенька)

Mikhail Zharov headshot

Mikhail Zharov

Михаил Александрович Коваленко (учитель истории и географии)

Faina Ranevskaya headshot

Faina Ranevskaya

жена инспектора

Aleksei Gribov headshot

Aleksei Gribov

Афанасий (слуга Беликова)

Vladimir Gardin headshot

Vladimir Gardin

Михаил Васильевич (директор гимназии)

Aleksandr Larikov headshot

Aleksandr Larikov

Невыразимов (учитель)

Aleksandra Matveeva headshot

Aleksandra Matveeva

продавщица цветов

Osip Abdulov headshot

Osip Abdulov

Тарантулов, учитель

Konstantin Adashevsky headshot

Konstantin Adashevsky

Priest

Aleksey Bondi headshot

Aleksey Bondi

учитель, француз (в титрах С. Бонди)

Nikolai Khmelyov headshot

Nikolai Khmelyov

Беликов (учитель греческого языка)