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Tanka the Bar Girl

Tanka the Bar Girl

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Tanka the Bar Girl

1929

0h 42m

10.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

A little girl denounce her evil step-father who plotted against the communist movement. The film, under the influence of Russian formalism, has some interesting experimental compositions.

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Sovkino

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Neonila Ivanova-Tolmachyova

Tanya Mukhina

Kuzma Yastrebetsky

Kuzma Yastrebetsky

Marukhin, barkeeper, Tanya's stepfather

Lyubov Nenasheva

Tanya's mother

Aleksandr Timontayev

Aleksandr Timontayev

Sestrin, school teacher

Aleksandr Antonov

Aleksandr Antonov

Savka

Evlaliya Olgina

Evlaliya Olgina

Grunya

Aleksandr Oberyukhtin

Nikanor

M. Uspenskaya

Vasili Bokarev

Visitor in the teahouse (uncredited)

Aleksey Muravin

Drunkard (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Boris Svetozarov
Written by: Konstantin Minaev
Boris Svetozarov

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