The Roundabout (1971)
Overview
Satirical comedy based on the notebooks and short stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: "Romance with Double-Bass","On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco", "Misery", "Grateful", "Polinka", "The Cynic", "The Ninny".
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 1.638 |
Directed By
Mikhail Shveitser
Crew
Isaac Schwarts
Mikhail Shveitser
Mikhail Shveitser
Anton Chekhov
Abram Freydin
German Lavrov
TOP CAST
Vladimir Basov
Smychkov
Natalya Vorobyova
Bibulova
Evgeni Leonov
Nyukhin
Ivan Lapikov
Iona
Pavel Pavlenko
Ivan Petrovich
Valentina Titova
Mariya Semyonovna
Viktor Sergachyov
Misha Bobov
Yelena Korolyova
Polinka
Leonid Kuravlyov
Nikolai Timofeyevich
Yuri Volyntsev
Syusin
Nikolai Sergeyev
Conductor
Igor Kashintsev
Writer
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Head of the house
Zhanna Bolotova
Yuliya Vasilyevna
Viktor Kolpakov
Musician
Lev Polyakov
Anatol
Sofya Garrel
Anatol's mother
Pavel Shpringfeld
Nephew of the departed
Vsevolod Abdulov
Student
Zinaida Naryshkina
Visitor
Alevtina Rumyantseva
Visitor
Galina Kravchenko
Shopper
Stanislav Khitrov
Visitor
Nikolay Gorlov
Musician
Yevgeny Gurov
Musician
Yelena Tyapkina
Nyukhin's wife
Larisa Blinova
Nyukhin's daughter
Cheslav Sushkevich
Musician
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