Subject for a Short Story
1969 · 1h 22m · N/A
Drama, History, Romance
Directed by
Sergei Yutkevich
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...
Director and cast
- Sergei Yutkevich Director
- Mykola Hrynko as Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
- Marina Vlady as Lika Mizinova
- Yevgeni Lebedev as Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
- Aleksandra Panova as Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
- Iya Savvina as Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
- Rolan Bykov as Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
- Yuriy Yakovlev as Ignatiy Potapenko
- Leonid Gallis as Gilyarovskiy
- Yekaterina Vasilyeva as artist Ovchinnikova
- Vladimir Osenev Cast
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