Subject for a Short Story
Genres
Overview
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...
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
82 min
Release Date
1969-10-06
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
7
Vote Average
5.4
Yevgeni Lebedev
Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
Aleksandra Panova
Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
Rolan Bykov
Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
Iya Savvina
Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
Nikolay Grinko
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Marina Vlady
Lika Mizinova
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Leonid Gallis
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merchant Gribov
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peasant
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prompter
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