''Wolves and Sheep'' (russian: Волки и овцы, Volki i ovtsy) is a 1953 Soviet comedy film directed by

Vladimir Sukhobokov Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

and starring

Vera Pashennaya Vera Nikolayevna Pashennaya (russian: Вера Николаевна Пашенная; in marriage – Gribunina; 7 (19) in September 1887, Moscow, Russia – October 28, 1962, Moscow) was a Russian theater and film actress. She joined the CPSU in ...

, Igor Ilyinsky and Tatyana Yeremeyeva.Prominent Personalities in the USSR p.214 It is based on the 1875 play ''

Wolves and Sheep ''Wolves and Sheep'' (russian: Волки и овцы) is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky. It was written in 1875, and published in the journal Otechestvennye Zapiski, №11, the same year. It was staged for the first time in St. Petersburg, Decembe ...

'' by

Aleksandr Ostrovskiy Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original ...

Cast

as Murzavetskaya * Igor Ilyinsky as Appolon Murzavetsky * Tatyana Yeremeyeva as Glafira Alexeyevna * Yelena Shatrova as Kupavina * Varvara Ryzhova as Anfisa Tikhonovna * Vladimir Vladislavsky * Vladimir Golovin

References

Bibliography

* ''Prominent Personalities in the USSR''. Scarecrow Press, 1968.

External links

* 1953 films 1953 comedy films Soviet comedy films Russian comedy films 1950s Russian-language films Gorky Film Studio films Films based on works by Alexander Ostrovsky Soviet black-and-white films {{1950s-USSR-film-stub