Subject for a Short Story

Subject for a Short Story (1969)

Сюжет для небольшого рассказа

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...

Date of release
1969-10-06
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Drama, Romance, History
Director
Sergei Yutkevich

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Russia

Subject for a Short Story is a 1969 Soviet-French biographical drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich.

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