Overview
Fearing the Soviet Union, rich businessmen who want more influence in Europe decide to give the nation of Boufferia a new king, an easy to handle drunkard.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Leonid Polovinkin
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Pyotr Yermolov
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Yakov ProtazanovWriter
- Vladimir ShveytserWriter
- Original title
- Марионетки
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 2, 1934
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
Production
Cast
Anatoli KtorovDo - The Prince
Nikolai RadinRe - The Archbishop
Valentina TokarskayaMi - The Singing Star
Konstantin ZubovFa - The Fascist
Sergei MartinsonSol - The Hairdresser
Mikhail KlimovLa - The Prime Minister
Sergey TikhonravovSi - The Trading Politician
Leonid LeonidovDER NI, head of military industry
Vasiliy ToporkovMarionette theatre owner
Ivan ArkadinMaster of ceremonies- Osip BasovPoet
Nikolai BubnovPhilosopher
Vladimir PopovWhite army general
Mikhail ZharovBorder checkpoint commander
Pyotr GaladzhevClerk- Sergei KomarovIeronimus (uncredited)
Mikhail Rozen-SaninGently leader (uncredited)
Mikhail KholodovAmbassador of Bufferia (uncredited)- Ivan Zaytsev(uncredited)
Ivan BobrovFascist (uncredited)
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