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Kain i Artem
Каин и Артем
(Kain and Artem)
Also known as Cain and Artem in the USA
(1929) Soviet Union
B&W : Feature film
Directed by P.P. Petrov-Bytov (Pavel Petrov-Bytov)

Cast: Emil Gal [Kain], Nikolai Simonov [Artem], Yelena Yegorova [the woman in the marketplace], Georgiy Uvarov [her husband]

Sovkino production; distributed by [?] Sovkino? / Scenario by P.P. Petrov-Bytov (Pavel Petrov-Bytov), from a novel by Maxim Gorki. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA as Cain and Artem by Amkino Corporation in 1930. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 29 April 2018.

References: Youngblood-Soviet pp. 215, 317 : Website-IMDb.