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Subject for a Short Story (1969)

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...

  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Yevgeni LebedevYevgeni LebedevPavel Yegorovich Chekhov
  • Photo of Aleksandra PanovaAleksandra PanovaYevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
  • Photo of Rolan BykovRolan BykovMikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
  • Photo of Iya SavvinaIya SavvinaMariya Pavlovna Chekhova
  • Photo of Nikolay GrinkoNikolay GrinkoAnton Pavlovich Chekhov
  • Photo of Marina VladyMarina VladyLika Mizinova
  • Photo of Yuriy YakovlevYuriy YakovlevIgnatiy Potapenko
  • Photo of Leonid GallisLeonid GallisGilyarovskiy
  • Photo of Vladimir OsenevVladimir OsenevKurbatov
  • Photo of Yekaterina VasilyevaYekaterina Vasilyevaartist Ovchinnikova

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