A comedy starring Nina Shaternikova, The Skotinins is loosely based on the 18th century play The Minor by Denis Fonvizin. In it, the upper class is shown as both depraved and stupid, engaging a variety of absurd, over-the-top follies.
Varvara Massalitinova
Prostakova
Pavel Tamm
Prostakov
Sofya Yakovleva
Glashka
Igor Doronin
Trishka
Mikhail Stepanov
Mitrofanushka
Nikolay Belyaev
Taras Skotinin
Nina Shaternikova
Sofya
Nikolay Lazarev
Milon, officer
Galina Ivanovskaya
Yeremeyevna, old nanny
Nadezhda Borskaya
Empress Catherine the Great
Vladimir Kriger
(uncredited)
Pavel Kurzner
Evlaliya Olgina
Dunya (uncredited)
Mariya Shlenskaya
Old peasant woman (uncredited)
Esfir Shub
Editor
Grigoriy Roshal
Director
Vera Stroyeva
Writer
Serafima Roshal
Denis Fonvizin
Theatre Play
Nikolay Kozlovsky
Director of Photography
Isaak Makhlis
Production Design
V. Ostrovskiy
Assistant Director
V. Shirokov
David Shlyugleyt
Camera Operator
Anatoli Lunacharsky
Script Editor
