Talents and Admirers (1956)
Negina, a talented actress at a provincial theater, must leave the stage because her purity of behavior is incompatible with theatrical customs. She loves the student Meluzov, and both dream of an honest, hard-working life. Harsh reality destroys her plans. A natural actress, Negina is unable to leave the theater, and in order to serve art, she is forced to betray her ideals and sell herself. After agonizing doubts, the actress becomes the mistress of the wealthy landowner Velikatov and leaves with him. Meluzov, left alone, angrily denounces the depraved "admirers of talent," the masters of the city.
Directors: Boris Dmokhovsky, Andrei Apsolon.
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Tamara Alyoshina as Нина Васильевна Смельская |
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Pavel Kadochnikov as |
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Gennadi Michurin as |
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Konstantin Skorobogatov as |
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Boris Smirnov as Великатов |
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Tatyana Lennikova as Негина |
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Valentina Savelyeva as Матрёна - прислуга |
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Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya as Домна Пантелеевна |
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Nikolai Komissarov as |
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Yakov Gudkin as |
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Alisa Freyndlikh as |
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Vladimir Voronov as Мигаев Гаврила Петрович |
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Nikolay Trofimov as Вася |
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Nikolay Kharitonov as |
| Writing | Leonid Lyubashevsky | Writer |
| Directing | Boris Dmokhovsky | Director |
| Directing | Andrei Apsolon | Director |
| Sound | Dmitry Tolstoy | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Genrikh Marandzhyan | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Alexander Ostrovsky | Theatre Play |
| Directing | Emil Gal | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | N. Alexeev | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Dudar Margievi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | L. Aleksandrov | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Abram Veksler | Production Design |
| Art | Nikolai Suvorov | Production Design |
| Sound | Yefim Sirotkin | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Grigori Elbert | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Levitskaya | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vasiliy Ulyanov | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Ye. Yakuba | Set Decoration |
| Writing | A. Voytov | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Dmitriy Ivaneev | Script Editor |
| Editing | Aleksandra Borovskaya | Editor |
| Production | Ivan Provotorov | Executive Producer |