Subject for a Short Story
1969 · 82 min
Drama · Romance · History
★ 5.9The 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...
Crew
- Director Sergei Yutkevich
- Writer Leonid Malyugin
- Director of Photography Naum Ardashnikov
Cast
Mykola Hrynko
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Marina Vlady
Lika Mizinova
Yevgeni Lebedev
Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
Aleksandra Panova
Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
Iya Savvina
Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
Rolan Bykov
Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
Yuriy Yakovlev
Ignatiy Potapenko
Leonid Gallis
Gilyarovskiy
Yekaterina Vasilyeva
artist Ovchinnikova
Vladimir Osenev
Kurbatov
Sergey Kulagin
merchant Gribov
Yevgeni Shutov
father Gerasim
Crew
- Director — Sergei Yutkevich
- Writer — Leonid Malyugin
- Director of Photography — Naum Ardashnikov
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