Youth of the Poet
Юность поэта
Drama
History
Biographical film "Youth of the poet", dedicated to Pushkin-Lyceum student. At the 1937 world exhibition in Paris, the film was awarded a gold medal. The Director managed to accurately recreate the historic era, to convey the atmosphere of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum in the years of the formation of the poetic genius of Pushkin.
1937-02-10
ru
Cast
Cheslav Sushkevich as Aleksandr Goncharov
Vladimir Gardin as Gustav Meyer, lyceum's governor
Nina Shaternikova as Princess Ellen
Valentyna Ivashova as Natasha
Alexander Mgebrov as Gavrila Derzhavin
Alexandr Gromov as Foma
Valentin Yantsat as Aleksandr Kunitsyn, professor of Justice
Emil Gal as David De Boudris
Vladimir Taskin as Frolov, lyceum's inspector
Alexander Geirot as Engelgardt (uncredited)
Oleg Zhakov as (uncredited)
Sergei Karnovich-Valua as Arakcheyev (uncredited)
Ursula Krug as Princess Ellen's maid
Georgiy Teykh as (uncredited)