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Subject for a Short Story

54% | Oct 06, 1969 | Drama

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...

Featured Crew

Boris Travkin
Visual Effects Camera
Sergei Yutkevich
Director

Cast

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Yevgeni Lebedev
Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
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Aleksandra Panova
Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
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Rolan Bykov
Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
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Iya Savvina
Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
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Nikolay Grinko
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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