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

Mykola Hrynko
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Marina Vlady
Lika Mizinova

Yevgeni Lebedev
Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov

Aleksandra Panova
Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova

Iya Savvina
Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova

Rolan Bykov
Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov

Yuriy Yakovlev
Ignatiy Potapenko

Leonid Gallis
Gilyarovskiy

Yekaterina Vasilyeva
artist Ovchinnikova
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