Troika (1930 film)

Troika is a 1930 German drama film directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky and starring Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Hilde von Stolz and Olga Chekhova. Originally shot as a silent film, a soundtrack and sound effects were subsequently added.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacek Rotmil and Heinz Fenchel.

Cast

• Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Boris, troika driver
• Hilde von Stolz as Natascha, Boris's wife
• Olga Chekhova as Vera Walowa
• Michael Chekhov as Paschka, village idiot
• Friedrich Gnaß as Stephan, troika driver
• Alexander Polonsky as Nobleman
• Angelo Ferrari as Tenor
• Ernst Paul Hempel as Cavalry Captain
• Boris Alekin as Student
• Edgar Pauly as Geck
• Betty Waid as Mother Superior
• Maria Cebotari as Singer

References

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Rollberg, Peter. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

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