Tomboy

Cast

Vera Karalli

as Ljubochka, model

Ivan Mosjoukine

as Anatoliy, painter

Dora Tschitorina

as Anatoliy's wife

Praskovya Maksimova

as Wife's mother

Pavel Biryukov

as Wife's father

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