Subject for a Short Story (1969)
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...
Director: Sergei Yutkevich
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Yevgeni Lebedev as Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov |
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Aleksandra Panova as Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova |
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Rolan Bykov as Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov |
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Iya Savvina as Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova |
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Mykola Hrynko as Anton Pavlovich Chekhov |
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Marina Vlady as Lika Mizinova |
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Yuriy Yakovlev as Ignatiy Potapenko |
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Leonid Gallis as Gilyarovskiy |
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Vladimir Osenev as Kurbatov |
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Yekaterina Vasilyeva as artist Ovchinnikova |
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Sergey Kulagin as merchant Gribov |
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Yevgeni Shutov as father Gerasim |
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Viktor Avdyushko as peasant |
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Georgi Tusuzov as prompter |
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Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Zhurkin |
| Visual Effects | Boris Travkin | Visual Effects Camera |
| Directing | Sergei Yutkevich | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyudmila Kusakova | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lenna Rashkovsky-Kaleva | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Klavdia Aleeva | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mikhail Chikiryov | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Naum Ardashnikov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Arnold Vaysfeld | Production Design |
| Sound | Rodion Shchedrin | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Roman Veseler | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marina Zdornova-Patenovskaya | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Writing | Leonid Malyugin | Writer |
| Camera | Grigoriy Shpakler | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Yuri Konkin | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Anton Chekhov | Book |
| Art | Alina Speshneva | Production Design |
| Art | Nikolay Serebryakov | Production Design |
| Directing | Lyutsia Okhrimenko | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Boris Volsky | Sound Director |
| Camera | B. Baldin | Still Photographer |
| Art | L. Krotkov | Set Painter |
| Art | V. Soluyanov | Set Painter |
| Art | V. Boykov | Set Painter |
| Art | P. Zapara | Set Painter |
| Art | N. Aredov | Set Painter |
| Art | M. Fedyakov | Set Painter |
| Art | E. Smirnov | Set Painter |
| Art | V. Ilyichev | Set Painter |
| Art | A. Kitaev | Set Painter |
| Costume & Make-Up | L. Dzidziguri | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Directing | V. Kuzminskaya | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | A. Blank | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Andrei Ladynin | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Raisa Lukina | Music Editor |
| Writing | Yelena Skidanenko | Script Editor |
| Lighting | V. Gusev | Lighting Director |
| Production | Lev Kushelevich | Executive Producer |
