Subject for a Short Story

Overview

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...

Cast

Mykola Hrynko

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Marina Vlady

Lika Mizinova

Yevgeni Lebedev

Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov

Aleksandra Panova

Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova

Iya Savvina

Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova

Rolan Bykov

Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov

Yuriy Yakovlev

Ignatiy Potapenko

Leonid Gallis

Gilyarovskiy

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

artist Ovchinnikova

Vladimir Osenev

Kurbatov

Sergey Kulagin

merchant Gribov

Yevgeni Shutov

father Gerasim