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Status
Released
Release
1943
Runtime
25m
War-time satire about the inhumanity of the nazis. Based on Samuil Marshak's play which was extremely popular among soldiers at the front.
13 Cast Members
Mikhail Zharov
Fritz
Maksim Shtraukh
Professor
Lidiya Atmanaki
Fritz's mother
Mikhail Astangov
Hitler
Yanina Zheymo
Gertruda
Mykhailo Vysotskyi
Fritz's father
Vsevolod Pudovkin
German officer
Konstantin Sorokin
Franz, Fritz's comrade
Lyudmila Shabalina
Soviet zoo guide
Tatyana Govorkova
Fritz's aunt (uncredited)
Lidiya Korolyova
Fritz's bride (uncredited)
Valentina Telegina
(uncredited)
Nikolai Michurin
Birthday party guest (uncredited)
