Subject for a Short Story

Subject for a Short Story

1969
1h 22m
5.4

5.4/10

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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...

Status: Released

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
Telcia Films Mosfilm
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Russian

Quick Facts

Original Title Сюжет для небольшого рассказа
Release Date October 6, 1969
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0065057

Cast

Yevgeni Lebedev
Yevgeni Lebedev

Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov

Aleksandra Panova
Aleksandra Panova

Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova

Rolan Bykov
Rolan Bykov

Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov

Iya Savvina
Iya Savvina

Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova

Mykola Hrynko
Mykola Hrynko

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Marina Vlady
Marina Vlady

Lika Mizinova

Yuriy Yakovlev
Yuriy Yakovlev

Ignatiy Potapenko

Leonid Gallis
Leonid Gallis

Gilyarovskiy

Vladimir Osenev
Vladimir Osenev

Kurbatov

Yekaterina Vasilyeva
Yekaterina Vasilyeva

artist Ovchinnikova

Sergey Kulagin
Sergey Kulagin

merchant Gribov

Yevgeni Shutov
Yevgeni Shutov

father Gerasim

Key Crew

Sergei Yutkevich
Director
Leonid Malyugin
Writer
Lev Kushelevich
Executive Producer