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...
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Writing:
Stars:
- Sergei Yutkevich
Writing:
- Sergei Yutkevich
- Leonid Malyugin
Stars:
Release Date: 1969-10-06
5.4/10
5.4/10
- Country: SU
- Language: Pусский
- Runtime: 82
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Lika Mizinova
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
Ignatiy Potapenko
Gilyarovskiy
Kurbatov
artist Ovchinnikova
merchant Gribov
father Gerasim
peasant
prompter
Afrodita Popandos
Zhurkin