Petersburg Nights

A loose Communist adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novel. The serf Egor Efimov, a talented violinist, dreams of true art. Released by his landlord, he goes to the capital. But cold, bureaucratic St. Petersburg quickly destroys his illusions.

Drama

Boris Dobronravov

(Yegor Yefimov, violinist)

Kseniya Tarasova

(Nastenka)

Lyubov Orlova

(Grushenka)

Anatoli Goryunov

(Schultz)

Lev Fenin

(Valemirov, landowner)

Igor Doronin

(Student)

Ivan Kudryavtsev

(Ivan Vasilyev)

Sergei Vecheslov

(Tavern visitor)

Antonin Pankryshev

(Gendarme)

Leonid Yurenyov

(His Excellency)

Aleksandr Kostomolotsky

(Entrepreneur)

Naum Rogozhin

D. Tarasov

Yakov Rykov

Tatyana Barysheva

(Provincial actress (uncredited))

Antonina Maksimova

(Nihilistic student (uncredited))

Georgi Millyar

(Gossip teller (uncredited))

Sofya Levitina

((uncredited))

Serafim Koziminsky

(Student / Convict)

Georgy Bobynin

(Official (uncredited))

Nikolay Trofimov

(Official (uncredited))

Grigori Merlinskiy

(Official (uncredited))

Mykola Nademskyi

(Old jew (uncredited))