The Man with the Gun
# The Man with the Gun

The Man with the Gun (Russian: Человек с ружьём, romanized: Chelovek s ruzhyom, lit. 'Person with a rifle') is a 1938 Soviet history drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich.

## Plot

The film takes place during the October Revolution, when the army is approaching the army of General Krasnov. Ivan Shadrin, a peasant who became a soldier, goes to Petrograd in order to convey a letter to Vladimir Lenin with questions that concern his comrades.

## Cast

* Maksim Shtraukh as Vladimir Lenin
* Mikheil Gelovani as Joseph Stalin (removed from cut version)
* Boris Tenin as Ivan Shadrin
* Vladimir Lukin as Nikolai Chibisov
* Zoya Fyodorova as Katya
* Faina Ranevskaya as mansion owner, séance psychic (uncredited)
* Boris Chirkov as Yevtushenko
* Nikolay Cherkasov as general
* Nikolai Sosnin as Zakhar Zakharovich Sibirtsev, millionaire
* Serafima Birman as Varvara Ivanovna, his wife
* Mark Bernes as Kostya Zhigilyov
* Stepan Kayukov as Andrei Dymov, sailor
* Pavel Sukhanov as Matushkin, captive
* Konstantin Sorokin as honor guard
* Nikolai Kryuchkov as Sidorov
* Pavel Kadochnikov as soldier with seeds
* Mikhail Yanshin as officer, séance guest
* Yuri Tolubeyev as revolutionary sailor
* Pyotr Aleynikov as soldier
* Vladimir Volchik as soldier
* Yelizaveta Uvarova as freeloader
* Vasili Vanin as general's batman
