Subject for a Short Story (Russian: Сюжет для небольшого рассказа, romanized: Syuzhet dlya nebolshogo rasskaza) is a 1969 Soviet-French biographical drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich.[1][2][3]
| Subject for a Short Story | |
|---|---|
| Russian: Сюжет для небольшого рассказа | |
| Directed by | Sergei Yutkevich |
| Written by | Leonid Malyugin |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Naum Ardashnikov |
| Edited by | Klavdiya Aleyeva |
| Music by | Rodion Shchedrin |
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| Language | Russian |
Plot
editThe film tells about the life of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, the process of creating the play The Seagull, the production on the stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre, and his relationship with Lika Mizinova.[4]
Cast
edit- Nikolai Grinko as Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
- Marina Vlady as Lika Mizinova
- Iya Savvina as Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
- Rolan Bykov as Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
- Aleksandra Panova as Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
- Yevgeny Lebedev
- Yury Yakovlev as Potapenko
- Leonid Gallis as Gilyarovskiy
- Vladimir Osenev as Kurbatov
- Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Ovchinnikova[5]