Swan Song (1990)
Oleg Borisov’s benefit performance. The plot of this televised stage production is based on Anton Chekhov’s dramatic sketch Swan Song, which tells the story of an aging actor’s fate. As the performance unfolds, the actor recalls some of his past roles in various productions based on the works of Ostrovsky, Griboyedov, Shakespeare, and Gogol. He also recites poems by Pushkin and sings a song by Okudzhava.
Director: Yury Borisov
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Oleg Borisov as |
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Stanislav Isayev as |
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Lyudmila Semenyaka as |
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Natalya Tenyakova as |
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Lev Borisov as |
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Aleksandr Zuev as |
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Nina Kilimnik as |
| Directing | Yury Borisov | Director |
| Writing | Yury Borisov | Writer |
| Camera | Yuri Isakov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Leonid Desyatnikov | Music |
| Sound | Alfred Schnittke | Music |