title: The Man with the Gun
text: # The Man with the Gun
  
  The Man with the Gun (Russian: Человек с ружьём, romanized: Chelovek s ruzhyom, lit. 'Person with a rifle') is a 1938 Soviet history drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich.
  
  ## Plot
  
  The film takes place during the October Revolution, when the army is approaching the army of General Krasnov. Ivan Shadrin, a peasant who became a soldier, goes to Petrograd in order to convey a letter to Vladimir Lenin with questions that concern his comrades.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Maksim Shtraukh as Vladimir Lenin
  * Mikheil Gelovani as Joseph Stalin (removed from cut version)
  * Boris Tenin as Ivan Shadrin
  * Vladimir Lukin as Nikolai Chibisov
  * Zoya Fyodorova as Katya
  * Faina Ranevskaya as mansion owner, séance psychic (uncredited)
  * Boris Chirkov as Yevtushenko
  * Nikolay Cherkasov as general
  * Nikolai Sosnin as Zakhar Zakharovich Sibirtsev, millionaire
  * Serafima Birman as Varvara Ivanovna, his wife
  * Mark Bernes as Kostya Zhigilyov
  * Stepan Kayukov as Andrei Dymov, sailor
  * Pavel Sukhanov as Matushkin, captive
  * Konstantin Sorokin as honor guard
  * Nikolai Kryuchkov as Sidorov
  * Pavel Kadochnikov as soldier with seeds
  * Mikhail Yanshin as officer, séance guest
  * Yuri Tolubeyev as revolutionary sailor
  * Pyotr Aleynikov as soldier
  * Vladimir Volchik as soldier
  * Yelizaveta Uvarova as freeloader
  * Vasili Vanin as general's batman
  