''Subject for a Short Story'' () is a 1969 Soviet-French biographical drama film directed by

Sergei Yutkevich Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich (, 28 December 1904 – 23 April 1985) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1962) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1974). Life and career He began work as a teen do ...

Plot

The film tells about the life of

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

, the process of creating the play ''

The Seagull ''The Seagull'' () is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 in literature, 1895 and first produced in 1896 in literature#Drama, 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramati ...

'', the production on the stage of the

Alexandrinsky Theatre The Alexandrinsky Theatre () or National Drama Theatre of Russia is a theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The Alexandrinsky Theatre was built for the Imperial troupe of Petersburg (Imperial troupe was founded in 1756). Since 1832, the theatre ...

, and his relationship with Lika Mizinova.

Cast

Nikolai Grinko Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko (; ; 22 May 1920 – 10 April 1989) was a Soviet and Ukrainian actor. Biography Nikolai Grinko was born on 22 May 1920 Marina Vlady Marina Vlady (born 10 May 1938) is a French actress. Biography Vlady was born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine to White Russian immigrant parents. Her father was an opera singer and her mother was a dancer. Her sisters, now all deceased, were the a ...

as Lika Mizinova *

Iya Savvina Iya Sergeyevna Savvina (; 2 March 1936 – 27 August 2011) was a Soviet film actress who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1990.

as Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova *

Rolan Bykov Rolan Antonovich Bykov (October 12, 1929October 6, 1998) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, director, screenwriter and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Early life Rolan Bykov was born to Anton Mikhailovich Bykov and Ol ...

as Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov *

Aleksandra Panova Alexandra () is a female given name of Greek origin. It is the first attested form of its variants, including Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus ...

as Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova * Yevgeny Lebedev *

Yury Yakovlev Yury Vasilyevich Yakovlev (; 25 April 1928 – 30 November 2013) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1976. Main works Yury Yakovlev is best known for his roles in Cinema of the ...

as Potapenko *

Leonid Gallis Leonid ( ; ; ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: * Leonid Agutin (born 1968), Russian pop musician and songwriter * Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright a ...

as Gilyarovskiy * Vladimir Osenev as Kurbatov *

Yekaterina Vasilyeva Yekaterina Sergeyevna Vasilyeva (; born 15 August 1945 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. She performed in more than ninety films since 1967. Vasilyeva was married to the late director Sergei Solovyov and playwright ...

as OvchinnikovaСюжет для небольшого рассказа (1969) Full Cast & Crew
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* {{The Seagull 1969 films 1960s Soviet films 1960s Russian-language films Russian-language biographical drama films Soviet biographical drama films 1960s biographical drama films French biographical drama films 1960s French films Cultural depictions of Anton Chekhov