Three Comrades

1935 ComedyDrama 95 minutes Directed by Semyon Timoshenko

About Three Comrades

Zaitsev, a new construction chief played by Mikhail Zharov, comes to a small town where two former Red Army comrades work. Anatoly Goryunov plays Glinka, director of the paper factory, and Nikolai Batalov plays Latsis, who runs the timber operation. The English plot says Zaitsev means to expand the factory by passing himself off among a gang of rascals. Semyon Timoshenko directed.

Cast & crew

More about Three Comrades

Aleksei Kapler and Tatyana Zlatogorova wrote it. Vladimir Danashevsky photographed it and Isaak Dunayevsky composed the score. Wikidata dates the release February 13, 1935, and lists 95 minutes.

Themes

  • old army comrades in one town
  • a factory expansion
  • a chief in disguise
  • Zaitsev
  • Glinka
  • Latsis
  • paper factory
  • timber

Look

Vladimir Danashevsky photographed the Lenfilm comedy-drama.

Music

Isaak Dunayevsky is the composer on Wikidata.

Notes

  • Tatyana Guretskaya plays Varya, Glinka's wife, and Veronika Polonskaya plays Irina, Latsis's wife.
  • Nikolai Michurin plays a hustler and Valeri Solovtsov plays Gubenko.
  • Wikipedia calls the film a historical comedy-drama.
  • Batalov, Zharov, and Goryunov are the three comrades of the title.

Scenes

  • Zaitsev arrives where Glinka and Latsis already hold the factory and the timber work.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (1935. Три товарища.webm)