Subject for a Short Story (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...
Cast
Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
merchant Gribov
father Gerasim
peasant
prompter
Zhurkin
Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Lika Mizinova
Ignatiy Potapenko
Gilyarovskiy
Kurbatov
artist Ovchinnikova
Crew
Director
Director of Photography
Production Design
Editor
Costume Design
Sound
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Original Music Composer
Writer
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Camera Operator
Assistant Camera
Assistant Costume Designer
Set Decoration
Visual Effects Camera