Story of an Unknown Actor (Russian: Повесть о неизвестном актёре, romanized: Povest o neizvestnom aktyore) is a Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi in 1977.[2]
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| Directed by | Aleksandr Zarkhi |
| Written by | Aleksandr Zarkhi Vladimir Valutsky |
| Starring | Yevgeny Yevstigneyev Alla Demidova |
| Cinematography | Pyotr Shumsky |
| Music by | Alfred Schnittke |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
editPavel Pavlovich Goryaev, middle-aged actor. For many years, he played in the provincial theater on lead roles. The director of the piece based on the play, written for Goryaev, takes a young actor for his role. Goryaev first falls into despair, leaves the theater, makes an appeal to his friends. After a while, he digests what happened and realizes it's time to leave the scene adequately.
Cast
edit- Yevgeny Yevstigneyev as Pavel Goryaev[3]
- Alla Demidova as Olga Svetilnikova
- Igor Kvasha as Viktor Vereshchagin
- Angelina Stepanova as Maria Goryaeva
- Igor Starygin as Vadim
- Vladislav Strzhelchik as Mikhail Tverskoy
- Valentin Gaft as director Znamensky
- Mikhail Kononov as Petya Strizhov
- Nikolay Trofimov as Pyotr Fomich
- Pavel Vinnik as Ferapontov
- Irina Murzaeva as old actress
- Nikolay Smorchkov as actor
- Valentina Telegina as episode
See also
edit- Winter Evening in Gagra (1985)
References
edit- ^ Story of an Unknown Actor on Mosfilm
- ^ Story of an Unknown Actor at the KinoPoisk
- ^ Story of an Unknown Actor at the kino-teatr.ru