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Behind the Footlights
Behind the Footlights

Behind the Footlights

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RomanceComedy

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Russian Empire, the middle of the XIX century. Aged, beggar dramatic actor Lev Gurych Sinichkin, in search of work, wanders through the cities with his young daughter Liza. They dream that Lisa someday will succeed on stage and become a famous actress.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

84 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

28 June 1956

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Vasili Merkuryev

Vasili Merkuryev

Lev Gurych Sinichkin

Liliya Yudina

Liliya Yudina

Liza Sinichkina

Tatyana Karpova

Tatyana Karpova

Raisa Surmilova

Nikolai Afanasyev

Nikolai Afanasyev

Serge Vetrinsky

Mikhail Yanshin

Mikhail Yanshin

Fyodor Borzikov

Yuri Lyubimov

Yuri Lyubimov

Graf Zefirov

Sergei Blinnikov

Sergei Blinnikov

Pyotr Pustoslavtsev

Stanislav Chekan

Stanislav Chekan

Stepan

Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky

Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky

Prompter

Grigori Abrikosov

Grigori Abrikosov

Kozachinsky

Pyotr Repnin

Pyotr Repnin

Nalimov

Yuriy Yakovlev

Yuriy Yakovlev

Chakhotkin

Vladimir Troshin

Vladimir Troshin

Timchenko

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