Nightingale backdrop

Nightingale 1936 Directed by Nikolai Ekk Груня Корнакова

Soviet Russia's First All-Color Film!

The events in the film take place in pre-revolutionary Russia. A riot of workers of a large porcelain factory is taking place. After the burning of one of the shops, Grunya's father dies in the fire. The owner of the factory caused the fire in order to obtain a fine from the workers. Grunya urgers the workers to fight, but is injured, yet she still urges the people not to give up.

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Language Russian
Production Company Mezhrabpomfilm
Release Date 11 June 1936
105 mins
Cast
Valentyna Ivashova Grunya Kornakova
Nikolai Ekk Uncle Andrei
M. Skavronskaya Shadrikha
Fyodor Ivanov Gendarme / Quartermaster
Yelena Anufriyeva Porcelain factory worker
Vladimir Batalov Luznetsov, manufacturer
A. Korsakov Artamon Potapovich