This film was a true peculiarity, a filmed version of the great Feodor Chaliapin in one of his most famous roles; the fact that it was a silent film, with title cards, meant that audiences could only appreciate his acting. Another curiosity is that the film also included a minor role enacted by Richard Boleslavsky, who in 1932 directed “Rasputin and the Empress.”(9)
Feodor Chaliapin Sr.
Volk-Krachkovskaya
Nikolai Saltykov
Glafira Chernova
E. Korsak
Vladimir Bazilevskiy
Richard Boleslawski
Boris Sushkevich
Mikhail Zharov
Vladimir Karin