Subject for a Short Story (1969)
Overview
The film tells about Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. October 17, 1896. On the facade of the Alexandrinsky Theater — a poster about the premiere of "The Seagull". A few hours are left before the performance. Chekhov and his sister Masha are expecting Lika Mizinova from Moscow station to arrive from Moscow. Chekhov is alarmed by the upcoming premiere, excited by the meeting with love, which never took place. Memories of acquaintance with Lika, of the experiences caused by the rude scolding of newspaper men who predicted the young writer the inglorious "death under the fence", about the unexpected decision for everyone to go to Sakhalin...
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 0.77 |
Directed By
Sergei Yutkevich
Crew
Boris Travkin
Sergei Yutkevich
Naum Ardashnikov
Arnold Weisfeld
Klavdiya Aleyeva
Lyudmila Kusakova
Boris Volsky
Mikhail Chikiryov
Lenna Rashkovsky-Kaleva
Rodion Shchedrin
Leonid Malyugin
Alina Speshneva
Nikolay Serebryakov
Roman Veseler
Grigoriy Shpakler
Marina Patenovskaya
Yu. Konkin
TOP CAST
Yevgeni Lebedev
Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
Aleksandra Panova
Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
Rolan Bykov
Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
Iya Savvina
Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
Nikolay Grinko
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Marina Vlady
Lika Mizinova
Yuriy Yakovlev
Ignatiy Potapenko
Leonid Gallis
Gilyarovskiy
Vladimir Osenev
Kurbatov
Yekaterina Vasilyeva
artist Ovchinnikova
Sergei Kulagin
merchant Gribov
Yevgeni Shutov
father Gerasim
Viktor Avdyushko
peasant
Georgi Tusuzov
prompter
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Zhurkin
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