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
Yevgeni Lebedev
Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
Aleksandra Panova
Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
Rolan Bykov
Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
Iya Savvina
Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
Mykola Hrynko
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Marina Vlady
Lika Mizinova
Yuriy Yakovlev
Ignatiy Potapenko
Leonid Gallis
Gilyarovskiy
Vladimir Osenev
Kurbatov
Yekaterina Vasilyeva
artist Ovchinnikova
Sergey Kulagin
merchant Gribov
Yevgeni Shutov
father Gerasim
Viktor Avdyushko
peasant
Georgi Tusuzov
prompter
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Zhurkin
Crew
Sergei Yutkevich
Director
Leonid Malyugin
Writer
Yelena Skidanenko
Script Editor
Anton Chekhov
Book
Klavdia Aleeva
Editor
Naum Ardashnikov
Director of Photography
V. Kuzminskaya
First Assistant Director
A. Blank
First Assistant Director
Andrei Ladynin
First Assistant Director
Lyutsia Okhrimenko
Assistant Director
Lev Kushelevich
Executive Producer
Arnold Vaysfeld
Production Design
Alina Speshneva
Production Design
Nikolay Serebryakov
Production Design
Roman Veseler
Camera Operator
Grigoriy Shpakler
Assistant Camera
Boris Travkin
Visual Effects Camera
Marina Zdornova-Patenovskaya
Assistant Costume Designer
L. Dzidziguri
Assistant Costume Designer
Lyudmila Kusakova
Costume Design
Lenna Rashkovsky-Kaleva
Makeup Artist
Mikhail Chikiryov
Makeup Artist
Boris Volsky
Sound Director
V. Gusev
Lighting Director
Rodion Shchedrin
Original Music Composer
Raisa Lukina
Music Editor
L. Krotkov
Set Painter
V. Soluyanov
Set Painter
V. Boykov
Set Painter
P. Zapara
Set Painter
N. Aredov
Set Painter
M. Fedyakov
Set Painter
E. Smirnov
Set Painter
V. Ilyichev
Set Painter
A. Kitaev
Set Painter
Yuri Konkin
Set Decoration
B. Baldin
Still Photographer
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