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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Visual Effects | Boris Travkin | Visual Effects Camera |
Directing | Sergei Yutkevich | Director |
Camera | Naum Ardashnikov | Director of Photography |
Art | Arnold Weisfeld | Production Design |
Editing | Klavdiya Aleyeva | Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Lyudmila Kusakova | Costume Design |
Sound | Boris Volsky | Sound |
Costume & Make-Up | Mikhail Chikiryov | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Lenna Rashkovsky-Kaleva | Makeup Artist |
Sound | Rodion Shchedrin | Original Music Composer |
Writing | Leonid Malyugin | Writer |
Art | Alina Speshneva | Set Decoration |
Art | Nikolay Serebryakov | Set Decoration |
Camera | Roman Veseler | Camera Operator |
Camera | Grigoriy Shpakler | Assistant Camera |
Costume & Make-Up | Marina Patenovskaya | Assistant Costume Designer |
Art | Yu. Konkin | Set Decoration |