The Man from the Restaurant (1927)
Человек из ресторана
During the good old days of the Russian aristocracy, that is to say, before the October Revolution, in the city of Moscow there was a fancy restaurant which catered to the appetites and egos of the rich. In one such establishment works a middle-aged waiter who is devoted to serving his bourgeoisie clients correctly. However, his life outside his job is very different: His son was killed during the Russian civil war and the waiter's wife died of grief as a result....
- Date of release
- 1927-08-11
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Yakov Protazanov
Casting
- Michael Chekhov — Skorohodov - The Waiter
- Vera Malinovskaya — Natasha
- Ivan Koval-Samborskiy — Sokolin
- Stepan Kuznetsov — The Minister
- Mikhail Zharov — Waiter
- Yakov Protazanov
- Mikhail Narokov — Karayesv /The Manufacturer
- Mikhail Klimov — Shtoss - The Manager
- Andrey Petrovsky — General
- Klavdiya Alekseyeva — Skorokhodov's wife
- Vladimir Tsoppi — Regular guest of the restaurant
Interesting facts
Man from the Restaurant is a 1927 Soviet drama film directed by Yakov Protazanov based on the story by Ivan Shmelyov. The main role was written for Ivan Moskvin, but he was changed for Chekhov because of illness.
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