Subject for a Short Story

Subject for a Short Story

1969-10-06 1h 22m
Drama
5.4
User Score
7 votes

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...

Sergei Yutkevich

Director

Leonid Malyugin

Writer

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Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

ru

Budget

$N/A

Revenue

$N/A

Runtime

1h 22m

Release Date

1969-10-06

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