''The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom'' (russian: Папиросница от Моссельпрома, Papirosnitsa ot Mosselproma) is a 1924

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film. The

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film is directed by

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and stars

Igor Ilyinsky Igor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky (russian: И́горь Влади́мирович Ильи́нский; 24 July 1901 – 13 January 1987) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, director and comedian. Hero of Socialist Labour (1974) and People ...

Plot

As she works in her tedious office job, Maria Ivanovna dreams about being married, and she has particular hopes that co-worker Nikodim Mityushin (

) will take an interest in her. Nikodim, however, is in love with Zina (

Yuliya Solntseva Yuliya Ippolitovna Solntseva (russian: Ю́лия Ипполи́товна Со́лнцева; born Yuliya Ippolitovna Peresvetova, 7 August 1901 – 28 October 1989) was a Soviet actress and film director. As an actress, she is known for s ...

), who sells cigarettes on the sidewalk, and he frequently buys cigarettes from her even though he does not smoke. One day, a film crew uses Zina as an extra in an outdoor scene, and the cameraman, Latugin ( Nikolai Tseretelli), falls in love with her. Latugin soon arranges an acting job for Zina. To complicate matters further, Zina has yet another admirer in Oliver MacBride, an

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businessman who is visiting

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Cast

as Nikodim Mityushin, bookkeeper *

as Zina Vesenina, cigarette girl *

Anna Dmokhovskaya Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...

as Maria Ivanovna * Nikolai Tseretelli as Latugin, cameraman * Leonid Baratov as Barsov-Aragonsky, film director * M. Tsybulsky as Oliver Mac-Bride, American

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