From his early silent works, the great Russian film director, Herr Yakov Protazanov, made literary adaptations from equally great Russian writers, as is the case with "Chiny I Lyudi" ( Ranks And People ) (1929) in which three short stories by Chekhov, "Anna On The Neck", "Death Of A Petty Official" and "Chameleon" were assembled for the silent screen.
Михаил Тарханов
as Modest Alekseich - Anna na shee
Mariya Strelkova
as Anna Petrovna - Anna na shee
Андрей Петровский
as Governor - Anna na shee
Nikolay Shcherbakov
as Anna's father - Anna na shee
Виктор Станицын
as Artynov - Anna na shee
Ivan Moskvin
as Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika
Yevgeni Yershov
as General Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika
Даниил Введенский
as Policeman - Khameleon
Владимир Попов
as Khriukin - Khameleon
София Левитина
as Gossip - Anna na shee
Елена Максимова
as Modest's servant - Anna na shee
Varvara Rizenko
as neighbor - Anna na shee
