---
title: 'The Great Glinka (1946)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lev Arnshtam'
released: '1946-09-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-glinka-1946'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038566/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Great Glinka (1946)

1946 · 116 min · Drama, History · Soviet Union

Original title: Глинка

## Synopsis

The Great Glinka is a 1946 Soviet biopic film directed by Lev Arnshtam. The film is about Mikhail Glinka, a Russian composer of the 19th century. The film was awarded the Stalin Prize of II degree (1947) and it was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lev Arnshtam](https://cinepixo.com/people/lev-arnshtam)
- **Screenplay:** [Lev Arnshtam](https://cinepixo.com/people/lev-arnshtam)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vissarion Shebalin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vissarion-shebalin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Aleksandr Shelenkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-shelenkov)

## Cast

- [Boris Chirkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-chirkov) as Michael Glinka
- [Kira Golovko](https://cinepixo.com/people/kira-golovko) as Anna Kern
- [Vasili Merkuryev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasili-merkuryev)
- [Valentina Serova](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentina-serova)
- [Vladimir Druzhnikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-druzhnikov) as Kondraty Ryleyev
- [Mikhail Nazvanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-nazvanov)
- [Klavdiya Polovikova](https://cinepixo.com/people/klavdiya-polovikova)
- [Boris Livanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-livanov) as Nicholas I of Russia

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