
Story of an Unknown Actor
Genres
Overview
Pavel Pavlovich Goryaev is not that young of an actor. For many years he plays in the provincial theater in leading roles. The director of a play based on a play that was written for Goryaev takes the young actor for his role. Goryaev at first falls into despair, leaves the theater, turns to friends. After a while he digests what happened and realizes that it is time to leave the stage with dignity.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
83 min
Release Date
1976-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
6
Evgeniy Evstigneev
Pavel Goryayev
Alla Demidova
Svetilnikova
Igor Kvasha
Vereshchagin
Yekaterina Grazhdanskaya
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Angelina Stepanova
Igor Starygin
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Pavel Vinnik
Boris Bityukov
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Zoya Isayeva
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Irina Murzayeva
Nikolay Smorchkov
Valentina Telegina
Ivan Zhevago
Valentina Berezutskaya
Nina Mager
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