---
title: 'Polikushka (1922)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Aleksandr Sanin'
released: '1922-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 50
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/polikushka-1922'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013501/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Polikushka (1922)

1922 · 50 min · Drama · Soviet Union

Original title: Поликушка

## Synopsis

Polikushka is a 1922 Soviet drama film directed by Alexander Sanin, based on Leo Tolstoy's 1863 story of the same title: Polikúshka: The Lot of a Wicked Court Servant. It features the famous Moscow Art Theatre actor Ivan Moskvin in his first on-screen role. The filming was completed in 1919 but the release was delayed till 1922 because of the Russian Civil War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Aleksandr Sanin](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-sanin)
- **Screenplay:** [Fedor Ozep](https://cinepixo.com/people/fedor-ozep), [Nikolai Efros](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-efros)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alexander Arkhangelsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-arkhangelsky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-zhelyabuzhsky)

## Cast

- [Vera Pashennaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-pashennaya)
- [Ivan Moskvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-moskvin)
- [Varvara Bulgakova](https://cinepixo.com/people/varvara-bulgakova)
- [Varvara Massalitinova](https://cinepixo.com/people/varvara-massalitinova)

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