The Great Glinka

Jun 6, 1946

1h 56m

★ 6.5

Overview

About the life of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka.

Genres

Music

History

Production Companies

Mosfilm

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Cast

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Boris Chirkov

Jacob Ulanov Ulyanich

Vasili Merkuryev

Gen. Vassili Andreyevich Zhukovsky

Mikhail Derzhavin

Alexander Pushkin

Pyotr Aleynikov

Anna Petrovna Kern

Katya Ivanova

Maria Petrovna Ivanova Glinka

Valentina Serova

Luisa Karlovna Ivanova

Klavdiya Polovikova

Baron Igor Feodorovich Rozen

Nikolai Svobodin

Glinka as a child

Aleksander Sobolev

Ivan Nikolayevich Glinka

Lev Snezhnitsky

Glinka's Mother

Elena Kondrateva

Kostya, the Hussar

Mikhail Nazvanov

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Cast

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Boris Chirkov

Jacob Ulanov Ulyanich

Vasili Merkuryev

Gen. Vassili Andreyevich Zhukovsky

Mikhail Derzhavin

Alexander Pushkin

Pyotr Aleynikov

Anna Petrovna Kern

Katya Ivanova

Maria Petrovna Ivanova Glinka

Valentina Serova

Luisa Karlovna Ivanova

Klavdiya Polovikova

Baron Igor Feodorovich Rozen

Nikolai Svobodin

Glinka as a child

Aleksander Sobolev

Ivan Nikolayevich Glinka

Lev Snezhnitsky

Glinka's Mother

Elena Kondrateva

Kostya, the Hussar

The Great Glinka

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

The Great Glinka Trailers

Cast

Boris Chirkov

Vasili Merkuryev

Mikhail Derzhavin

Pyotr Aleynikov

Katya Ivanova

Valentina Serova

Klavdiya Polovikova

Nikolai Svobodin

Aleksander Sobolev

Lev Snezhnitsky

Elena Kondrateva

Mikhail Nazvanov

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Cast

Boris Chirkov

Vasili Merkuryev

Mikhail Derzhavin

Pyotr Aleynikov

Katya Ivanova

Valentina Serova

Klavdiya Polovikova

Nikolai Svobodin

Aleksander Sobolev

Lev Snezhnitsky

Elena Kondrateva

Mikhail Nazvanov