Man in a Shell

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1939 · 84 min · Comedy · Romance · TMDB 4.3/10

Overview

The Greek teacher Belikov, who works in a rural gymnasium, loved to keep things in cases, was afraid of everything and lived himself, as if in a case, on the principle: “no matter what happens”. By this principle, he literally "terrorized" the gymnasium and the villagers. Hope appeared when Varenka arrived in the village - “not a girl, but marmalade”, although she was already aged, and “did not mind being married, even if only to a teacher of the Greek language”.

Directed by Isidor Annensky

Cast

• Olga Androvskaya — Варвара Александровна Коваленко (Варенька)
• Mikhail Zharov — Михаил Александрович Коваленко (учитель истории и географии)
• Faina Ranevskaya — жена инспектора
• Aleksei Gribov — Афанасий (слуга Беликова)
• Vladimir Gardin — Михаил Васильевич (директор гимназии)