Film
Nightingale
SU- Director
- Nikolai Ekk
- Year
- 1936
Soviet Russia's First All-Color Film!
The events in the film take place in pre-revolutionary Russia. A riot of workers of a large porcelain factory is taking place. After the burning of one of the shops, Grunya's father dies in the fire. The owner of the factory caused the fire in order to obtain a fine from the workers. Grunya urgers the workers to fight, but is injured, yet she still urges the people not to give up.
Top cast
Valentyna Ivashova
Grunya Kornakova
Nikolai Ekk
Uncle Andrei
Oleksandra Vasylieva
Varvara
M. Skavronskaya
Shadrikha
Fyodor Ivanov
Gendarme / Quartermaster
Yelena Anufriyeva
Porcelain factory worker
Vladimir Batalov
Luznetsov, manufacturer
A. Korsakov
Artamon Potapovich
Aleksander Novikov
Galina Yegorova-Dolenko
Wife of Luznetsov
Directed by
Nikolai Ekk
Written by
Regina Yanushkevich, Nikolai Ekk
Produced by
Moisey Aleynikov