An Ordinary Man

An Ordinary Man (1957) is a comedy, romance film directed by Aleksandr Stolbov rated 7.2/10.

Based on the play of the same name by Leonid Leonov. The famous singer Ladygin, who has won success and fame, lives in a spacious apartment furnished with paintings and luxury goods. Suddenly, an old front-line friend, a prominent scientist Svekolkin, comes to Ladygin. Realizing that for Ladygin, ranks and titles are more valuable than human qualities, Svekolkin tells his friend that he works as a simple cashier. This leads to a number of misunderstandings and comic situations...

Cast

Vasili Merkuryev

Ladygin

Irina Skobtseva

Kira

Georgiy Kulikov

Aleksei

Evgeniya Kozyreva

Vera Artemyevna

Serafima Birman

Konstantsiya

Pyotr Konstantinov

Svekolkin

Roza Makagonova

Annushka

Aleksandra Panova

Parasha

Valentina Belyaeva

Aleksei's assistant

Ivan Bychkov

master who hangs the picture

Vladimir Maruta

Polynov

Mikhail Troyanovsky

neighbour-granddad