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1931 film

Tommy

Directed by	Yakov Protazanov
Written by	Yakov Protazanov
Based on	Bronepoyezd 14-69 1927 play by Vsevolod Ivanov
Starring	Aleksandr Zhutaev Mikhail Kedrov Vasili Kovrigin
Cinematography	Konstantin Kuznetsov
Music by	Alexander Shenshin
Production company	Mezhrabpomfilm
Release date	1 November 1931 (1931-11-01)
Running time	63 minutes (1,730 meters)
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Silent film with Russian intertitles

Tommy (Russian: Томми) is a 1931 Soviet drama film directed by Yakov Protazanov based on the play Armoured Train 14-69 by Vsevolod Ivanov.

Plot summary

During the Russian Civil War in Siberia, a Bolshevik partisan unit is tasked with delivering captured ammunition to the Red Army, and along the way, an English soldier taken prisoner ultimately joins their cause.

Cast

Aleksei Temerin
A. Zhutayev - British Soldier
Mikhail Kedrov - Chinaman
Vasili Kovrigin - Leader
Vasili Vanin - Guide
Ivan Chuvelyov - Vaska
Nikolay Bogolyubov
Viktor Kulakov]
Viktor Tsoppi
Vladimir Uralsky

References

Richard Taylor, Derek W. Spring - Stalinism and Soviet cinema 1993- p239 "Yakov A. Protazanov (1881-1945) was a prolific film director, whose films included The Queen of Spades , The Feast of St Jorgen , Tommy ,"
Сергей Землянухин, Мирослава Сегида Домашняя синематека: отечественное кино 1918-1996 1996 - Page 451 "ТОММИ СССР, 1931, 63 мин., ч/б Реж. и сцен. Яков Протазанов; опер. Константин Кузнецов; композ. А.Шеншин В ролях: А.Жутаев, ..."
Мойсей Никифорович Алейников Яков Протазанов 1961 Page 182 "Причина неудачи при осуществлении этой благородной цели ничего общего не имеет с причинами прежних неудач Протазанова, обусловленных порочностью материала, над которым он работал, и неясностью целей. «Томми» ..."

External links

Tommy at IMDb

v t e Yakov Protazanov filmography
Departure of a Grand Old Man (1912) The Queen of Spades (1916) Satan Triumphant (1917) Father Sergius (1917) Aelita (1924) His Call (1925) The Tailor from Torzhok (1925) The Three Million Trial (1926) Man from the Restaurant (1927) The Forty-First (1927) The White Eagle (1928) St. Jorgen's Day (1930) Tommy (1931) Marionettes (1934) Without Dowry (1937) Salavat Yulayev (1941) Nasreddin in Bukhara (1943)

Yakov Protazanov filmography

Departure of a Grand Old Man (1912)
The Queen of Spades (1916)
Satan Triumphant (1917)
Father Sergius (1917)
Aelita (1924)
His Call (1925)
The Tailor from Torzhok (1925)
The Three Million Trial (1926)
Man from the Restaurant (1927)
The Forty-First (1927)
The White Eagle (1928)
St. Jorgen's Day (1930)
Tommy (1931)
Marionettes (1934)
Without Dowry (1937)
Salavat Yulayev (1941)
Nasreddin in Bukhara (1943)

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