Adventure · Soviet Union · 1929 · 1h 13m

The Happy Canary

Весёлая канарейка

Director

Cast

Galina Kravchenko as Mademoiselle Brio, variety show artist Andrey Fayt as Lugovets Ada Vojtsik as Lugovets's wife Sergei Komarov as Bryanskiy, underground Bolshevik Yury Vasilchikov as Adjutant for the chief of secret intelligence Mikhail Doronin as Chief of secret counterintelligence

Crew

Pyotr Yermolov — Director of Photography Boris Frantsisson — Director of Photography Boris Gusman — Writer Anatoli Marienhof — Writer Sergei Kozlovsky — Production Design

Synopsis

Actress Brio working in a cafe "The Happy Canary", does not suspect that her new acquaintances Brianski and Lugovec are Communists sent by an underground committee to fight the enemy's counter-intelligence.

Key Collaborators

Lev Kuleshov Director Pyotr Yermolov Director of Photography Boris Frantsisson Director of Photography Boris Gusman Writer Anatoli Marienhof Writer Sergei Kozlovsky Production Design

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