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Marionettes is a film of genre Drama directed by Yakov Protazanov released in USA on 7 may 1934 with Sergey Martinson
Marionettes (1934)
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Add to a movie listMarionettes (Russian: Марионетки) is a 1934 Soviet antifascist film starring Anatoli Ktorov and directed by Yakov Protazanov and Porfiri Podobed.
The film combines the features of comedy, social drama and political pamphlet.
Actors
Sergey Martinson
(G, the Barber)
Anatoli Ktorov
(Do - The Prince)
Nikolai Radin
(Re - The Archbishop)
Valentina Tokarskaya
(Mi - The Singing Star)
Mikhail Klimov
(La - The Prime Minister)
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