Man from the Restaurant

Man from the Restaurant (Russian: Человек из ресторана) is a 1927 Soviet drama film directed by Yakov Protazanov based on the story by Ivan Shmelyov. The main role was written for Ivan Moskvin, but he was changed for Chekhov because of illness.

Man from the Restaurant
Directed by	Yakov Protazanov
Written by	Yakov Protazanov Oleg Leonidov Ivan Shmelyov (story)
Starring	Michael Chekhov Vera Malinovskaya Ivan Koval-Samborsky
Cinematography	Anatoli Golovnya Konstantin Vents
Production company	Mezhrabpomfilm
Release dates	12 June 1927 (1927-06-12) (USSR) 4 January 1930 (1930-01-04) (USA)
Running time	62 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Silent film (Russian intertitles)

Plot

After the death of his son at the front, and his wife's demise, widower waiter Skorohodov rents his room to Sokolin, a young man who works as a messenger in one of the offices. The lodger and Skorohodov's daughter fall in love with each other, but an unexpected contender has appeared to the modest young man in the guise of Karasyov, a constant patron of the restaurant, a factory owner who decides to seduce the woman who he has taken a liking to.

Cast

• Michael Chekhov
• Vera Malinovskaya
• Ivan Koval-Samborsky
• Mikhail Narokov
• Mikhail Klimov
• Andrey Petrovsky
• K. Alekseyeva
• Mikhail Zharov
• Raisa Karelina-Raich
• Sofya Yakovleva
• Stepan Kuznetsov
• Mark Prudkin

References

• Leyda, Jay (1960), Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film, New York: Macmillan, OCLC 1683826.
• Aleinikov, Moisei, ed. (1957), Yakov Protazanov: O tvorcheskom puti rezhissera (in Russian), Moscow: Iskusstvo, OCLC 13571289.

External links

• Man from the Restaurant at IMDb