Subject for a Short Story (1969)

Subject for a Short Story (1969)

1969-10-06 Soviet Union 82 Min. PG-13
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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...

Cast

Евгений Лебедев is Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
Александра Панова is Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
Ролан Быков is Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
Ия Саввина is Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
Микола Гринько is Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Marina Vlady is Lika Mizinova
Lika Mizinova
Юрий Яковлев is Ignatiy Potapenko
Ignatiy Potapenko
Sergei Kulagin is merchant Gribov
merchant Gribov