Behind the Footlights (1956)
Russian Empire, the middle of the XIX century. Aged, beggar dramatic actor Lev Gurych Sinichkin, in search of work, wanders through the cities with his young daughter Liza. They dream that Lisa someday will succeed on stage and become a famous actress.
Director: Konstantin Yudin
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Vasili Merkuryev as Lev Gurych Sinichkin |
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Liliya Yudina as Liza Sinichkina |
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Tatyana Karpova as Raisa Surmilova |
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Nikolai Afanasyev as Serge Vetrinsky |
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Mikhail Yanshin as Fyodor Borzikov |
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Yuri Lyubimov as Graf Zefirov |
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Sergei Blinnikov as Pyotr Pustoslavtsev |
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Stanislav Chekan as Stepan |
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Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky as Prompter |
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Grigori Abrikosov as Kozachinsky |
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Pyotr Repnin as Nalimov |
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Yuriy Yakovlev as Chakhotkin |
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Vladimir Troshin as Timchenko |
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Anna Shilova as |
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Yelena Savitskaya as |
| Writing | Mikhail Volpin | Writer |
| Directing | Konstantin Yudin | Director |
| Writing | Nikolay Erdman | Writer |
| Writing | Dmitri Lensky | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Vasily Shirinsky | Music |
| Sound | Viktor Zorin | Sound |
| Editing | Anna Kulganek | Editor |
| Camera | Valentin Zakharov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Igor Gelein | Director of Photography |