The Man from the Restaurant
1927, RU. Directed by Yakov Protazanov.
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....
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- RU
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Cast & crew
- Yakov ProtazanovDirector
- Michael ChekhovSkorohodov - The Waiter
- Vera MalinovskayaNatasha
- Ivan Koval-SamborskiySokolin
- Stepan KuznetsovThe Minister
- Mikhail ZharovWaiter
- Yakov ProtazanovCast
- Mikhail NarokovKarayesv /The Manufacturer
- Mikhail KlimovShtoss - The Manager
- Andrey PetrovskyGeneral
- Klavdiya AlekseyevaSkorokhodov's wife
- Vladimir TsoppiRegular guest of the restaurant
Details
- Released
- 11 August 1927
- Original title
- Человек из ресторана
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Oleg Leonidov, Yakov Protazanov, Ivan Shmelyov
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The Man from the Restaurant runs 68 minutes (1h 8m).
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The Man from the Restaurant isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 August 1927. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Man from the Restaurant?
The Man from the Restaurant (1927) was directed by Yakov Protazanov and stars Michael Chekhov, Vera Malinovskaya, Ivan Koval-Samborskiy.