The Zykovs (1970)
The play “Zykovs” was written in 1912, during a time of confusion and depression in Russian society, a period of pre-war spiritual and moral decline. The state of the world is depicted here with a single phrase: “there was confusion of concepts”... The film-performance based on the eponymous play by M. Gorky, directed by the Moscow Drama Theater named after A.S. Pushkin.
Directors: Pyotr Vasilyev, Galina Kholopova, P. Uspenskiy.
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Yuri Averin as Зыков |
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Tamara Lyakina as Софья |
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Vladimir Safronov as Зыков-мл. |
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Valentina Arkhangelskaya as Целованьева |
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Vera Alentova as Павла |
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Yuri Gorobets as Муратов |
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Yuri Stromov as Хеверн |
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Yuri Ilchuk as Шохин |
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Yuri Fomichyov as Тараканов |
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Alla Emelyanova as Стёпка |
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Kira Zharkova as Палагея |
| Directing | Pyotr Vasilyev | Director |
| Directing | Galina Kholopova | Director |
| Directing | P. Uspenskiy | Director |
| Camera | Oleg Manokhin | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Maxim Gorky | Author |