Tanka the Bar Girl

A little girl denounce her evil step-father who plotted against the communist movement. The film, under the influence of Russian formalism, has some interesting experimental compositions.

Cast

Neonila Ivanova-Tolmachyova

as Tanya Mukhina

Kuzma Yastrebetsky

as Marukhin, barkeeper, Tanya's stepfather

Lyubov Nenasheva

as Tanya's mother

Aleksandr Timontayev

as Sestrin, school teacher

Aleksandr Antonov

as Savka

Evlaliya Olgina

as Grunya

Aleksandr Oberyukhtin

as Nikanor

M. Uspenskaya

Vasili Bokarev

as Visitor in the teahouse (uncredited)

Aleksey Muravin

as Drunkard (uncredited)

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