Wolves and Sheep
About Wolves and Sheep
Landowner Murzavetskaya keeps up a pious face while she tries to take the fortune of the rich widow Kupavina. She points her nephew Apollon at the widow. The blackmail fails when Berkutov, sharper than she is, appears and marries Kupavina. Vera Pashennaya plays Murzavetskaya. Igor Ilyinsky plays Apollon Murzavetsky. Yelena Shatrova plays Kupavina. Vladimir Sukhobokov directed. The film follows Aleksandr Ostrovsky’s 1875 play.
Cast & crew
More about Wolves and Sheep
Vladimir Rapoport photographed it. Vissarion Shebalin wrote the music. Tatyana Yeremeyeva plays Glafira Alexeyevna. Varvara Ryzhova plays Anfisa Tikhonovna. Wikipedia times it at 183 minutes and dates the release 26 January 1953. The studio is Gorky, not Mosfilm. A Commons file is titled with the year 1952.
Themes
Making
Sukhobokov filmed Ostrovsky’s provincial comedy at Gorky, with Pashennaya as the landowner and Ilyinsky as the useless nephew.
Look
Vladimir Rapoport shot the estate rooms where Murzavetskaya works on Kupavina.
Music
Vissarion Shebalin wrote the score.
Preservation
The film survives. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The Russian title is Volki i ovtsy.
- Apollon is the nephew she tries to marry off. Berkutov is the man who actually marries Kupavina.
- The Commons filename uses 1952. The release date on Wikipedia is 26 January 1953.
- The play is from 1875.
Scenes
- Murzavetskaya steers Apollon toward Kupavina’s money.
- Berkutov breaks the scheme by marrying the widow himself.
Influenced by
- Aleksandr Ostrovsky’s play Wolves and Sheep (1875)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1952. Волки и овцы.webm)