The Left-Hander (1987 film)
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Directed by | Sergei Ovcharov |
Starring | Nikolai Stotskii Vladimir Gostyukhin Leonid Kuravlyov Yury Yakovlev Lev Lemke |
Release date | 1987 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
The Left-Hander (Russian: Левша, romanized: Levsha) is a 1987 Soviet comedy drama directed by Sergei Ovcharov, based on the The Left-Hander by Nikolai Leskov.[1] The film features Nikolay Stotskiy, Vladimir Gostyukhin, and Leonid Kuravlyov.
Cast
- Nikolai Stotskii - the left-hander
- Vladimir Gostyukhin - Ataman Platov
- Leonid Kuravlyov - Emperor Alexander I Pavlovich
- Yury Yakovlev - Emperor Nicholas I «Palkovics"
- Lev Lemke - Minister Kiselvrode
- Alexander Susnin - old blacksmith
- Sergey Parshin - Tula gunsmith
- Nikolai Lavrov - black gentleman
- Nikolai Kryukov - English admiral
- Victor Smirnov - polshkiper
- Anatoly Slivnik - policeman
- Viktor Bychkov - dandy
- Evgeny Baranov
- Konstantin Vorobyov
- Valery Zakharov
- Arkadiy Koval
- Joseph Krinsky
- Olga Samoshina
- Stanislav Sokolov
- George Teyh - court
- Anatoly Khudoleev
- Alfred Shargorodskii
- Aleksandr Estrin
References
- ^ Peter Rollberg Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema p.282 "As a film actor, Iakovlev made his debut in the supporting part of Chakhotkin in Konstantin Iudin's Behind the Footlights (Na podmostkakh stseny, 1956). When Ivan Pyr'ev cast the virtually ... In the 1980s and 1990s, he lent his star power to a few daring projects of newcomers, most prominently Sergei Ovcharov' s original Nikolai Leskov adaptation The Left-Hander (Levsha, 1986)."