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Subject for a Short Story (1969)

★ 5.9/10 82 min Drama Soviet Union Russian
Streaming: Not available

Description

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...

Top Cast

Yevgeni Lebedev
Yevgeni Lebedev Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
Aleksandra Panova
Aleksandra Panova Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
Rolan Bykov
Rolan Bykov Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
Iya Savvina
Iya Savvina Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
Mykola Hrynko
Mykola Hrynko Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Marina Vlady
Marina Vlady Lika Mizinova
Yuriy Yakovlev
Yuriy Yakovlev Ignatiy Potapenko
Leonid Gallis
Leonid Gallis Gilyarovskiy

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