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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...

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Creators

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Sergei Yutkevich

director

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Leonid Malyugin

writer

Anton Chekhov

writer

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Yelena Skidanenko

writer

Cast

Yevgeni Lebedev actor

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Aleksandra Panova actor Ролан Быков actor Iya Savvina actor

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Mykola Hrynko actor Marina Vlady actor

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Yuriy Yakovlev actor Леонид Галлис actor Владимир Осенев actor

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Yekaterina Vasilyeva actor

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Sergey Kulagin actor

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Yevgeni Shutov actor

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Viktor Avdyushko actor

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Georgi Tusuzov actor Александр Кузнецов actor