Poet
1956, Russian. Directed by Boris Barnet.
Soviet propaganda film about communists plotting a violent attack on a Russian city. A local poet helps the communists and they glorify his poem about Lenin.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Boris BarnetDirector
- Nikolay KryuchkovTsarev
- Izolda IzvitskayaOlga
- Serhii DvoretskyiTarasov
- Zoya FyodorovaTarasov's Mother
- Iosif KolinGuralnik
- Olga ViklandtMadame Guralnik
- Pyotr Aleynikovsoldier
- Vsevolod LarionovOrlovsky
- Georgi GeorgiuOrlovsky's father
- Ivan Koval-SamborskiyColonel Selivanov
- Vera AltayskayaCast
- Pyotr BeryozovCast
Details
- Released
- 31 December 1956
- Original title
- Поэт
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Valentin Kataev
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Poet runs 91 minutes (1h 31m).
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Poet isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 31 December 1956. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Poet?
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Who directed Poet?
Poet (1956) was directed by Boris Barnet and stars Nikolay Kryuchkov, Izolda Izvitskaya, Serhii Dvoretskyi.