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Subject for a Short Story

5.4

1969•1h 22m

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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Production

Cast

Photo of Yevgeni Lebedev

Yevgeni Lebedev

Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov

Photo of Aleksandra Panova

Aleksandra Panova

Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova

Photo of Rolan Bykov

Rolan Bykov

Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov

Photo of Iya Savvina

Iya Savvina

Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova

Photo of Mykola Hrynko

Mykola Hrynko

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Photo of Marina Vlady

Marina Vlady

Lika Mizinova

Photo of Yuriy Yakovlev

Yuriy Yakovlev

Ignatiy Potapenko

Photo of Leonid Gallis

Leonid Gallis

Gilyarovskiy

Photo of Vladimir Osenev

Vladimir Osenev

Kurbatov

Photo of Yekaterina Vasilyeva

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

artist Ovchinnikova

Photo of Sergey Kulagin

Sergey Kulagin

merchant Gribov

Photo of Yevgeni Shutov

Yevgeni Shutov

father Gerasim

Photo of Viktor Avdyushko

Viktor Avdyushko

peasant

Photo of Georgi Tusuzov

Georgi Tusuzov

prompter

Photo of Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Zhurkin

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