The Poet (1956 film) explained

The Poet
Native Name:	ru|Поэт
Director:	Boris Barnet
Country:	Soviet Union
Language:	Russian

The Poet (ru|Поэт) is a 1956 Soviet drama film directed by Boris Barnet.^[1]

Plot

The film takes place during the Civil War in the port city, which organizes poetic evenings. Two local poets successfully perform there. One of them later joins the white army and the other - red.^[2]

Cast

• Nikolay Kryuchkov as Nikolai Tzarev, communist leader
• Izolda Izvitskaya as Olga, communist agent
• Sergey Dvoretskiy as Nikolai Tarasov, communist poet (as S. Dvorzhetsky)
• Zoya Fyodorova as Katherine Tarasova, mother of Nikolai (as Z. Fyodorova)
• I. Kolin as Pharmacist
• Olga Vikland as Pharmacist's wife
• Pyotr Aleynikov as Stepan - Red Army soldier
• Vsevolod Larionov as Sergei Orlovsky - anti-communist
• Georgiy Georgiu as Father Orlovsky
• Ivan Koval-Samborsky as Colonel
• Vera Altayskaya as Secretary
• Pyotr Berezov as Artist
• Valentin Gaft^{[3] [4]} as French soldier
• Tatyana Guretskaya as Communist agent
• Rina Zelyonaya as Poet^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3611910 Умерла Нина Дорошина
2. https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/43067/ Поэт
3. http://www.teatral-online.ru/news/16376/ «ДУША БОЛИТ…»
4. https://versia.ru/u-kazhdogo-vremeni-svoj-stalin Отчего так предан Пёс
5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049623/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Поэт (1957) Full Cast & Crew