The Artamonov Business (film)

The Artamonov Business (Дело Артамоновых) is a 1941  Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Roshal based on the eponymous novel by Maxim Gorky.

Plot
Fabricant Ilya Artamonov from the former serfs. His desire to strengthen and develop the business knows no obstacles. He is still connected with peasants and craftsmen, but with his death this connection breaks off. His son, Pyotr Artamonov, begins to conflict with the workers, to which the successor of Artamonov's case passes  Ilya Artamonov jr.

Cast

 * Sergei Romodanov as Ilya Artamonov
 * Tamara Chistyakova as Ulyana Baymakova
 * Mikhail Derzhavin Sr. as Pyotr Artamonov
 * Vera Maretskaya as Natalya
 * Vladimir Balashov as Nikita
 * Aleksandr Smirnov (actor) as Aleksei
 * Mikhail Pugovkin  as Stepasha Barsky
 * Grigory Shpigel as Yakov
 * Lyubov Orlova as Paula Menotti
 * Tatyana Barysheva as Barskaya
 * Nadir Malishevsky as Ilya Jr.