Subject for a Short Story (Russian: Сюжет для небольшого рассказа, romanized: Syuzhet dlya nebolshogo rasskaza) is a 1969 Soviet-French biographical drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich.
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Plot
The film tells about the life of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, the process of creating the play The Seagull, the production on the stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre, and his relationship with Lika Mizinova.
Cast
Nikolai Grinko as Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Marina Vlady as Lika Mizinova
Iya Savvina as Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
Rolan Bykov as Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
Aleksandra Panova as Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
Yevgeny Lebedev
Yury Yakovlev as Potapenko
Leonid Gallis as Gilyarovskiy
Vladimir Osenev as Kurbatov
Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Ovchinnikova