The Man from the Restaurant (1927)

During the good old days of the Russian aristocracy, that is to say, before the October Revolution, in the city of Moscow there was a fancy restaurant which catered to the appetites and egos of the rich. In one such establishment works a middle-aged waiter who is devoted to serving his bourgeoisie clients correctly. However, his life outside his job is very different: His son was killed during the Russian civil war and the waiter's wife died of grief as a result....
- Released
- 1927-08-11
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 68 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Yakov Protazanov, Oleg Leonidov, Yakov Protazanov
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 from 10 votes
Cast
- Michael Chekhov as Skorohodov - The Waiter
- Vera Malinovskaya as Natasha
- Ivan Koval-Samborskiy as Sokolin
- Stepan Kuznetsov as The Minister
- Mikhail Zharov as Waiter
- Yakov Protazanov
- Mikhail Narokov as Karayesv /The Manufacturer
- Mikhail Klimov as Shtoss - The Manager
- Andrey Petrovsky as General
- Klavdiya Alekseyeva as Skorokhodov's wife
- Vladimir Tsoppi as Regular guest of the restaurant