Subject for a Short Story (1969)
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...
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Sergei Yutkevich
Writing:
- Sergei Yutkevich
- Leonid Malyugin
Stars:
Release Date: 1969-10-06
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- Country: SU
- Language: Pусский
- Runtime: 82
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
artist Ovchinnikova
Afrodita Popandos
father Gerasim
Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
Lika Mizinova
peasant
Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
Kurbatov
Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
Ignatiy Potapenko
Gilyarovskiy
merchant Gribov
prompter
Zhurkin