''The Grasshopper'' () is a 1955

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

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directed by

Samson Samsonov Samson Iosifovich Samsonov (; 23 February 1921 – 31 August 2002) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1991. Samson Samsonov graduated from Gerasimov Insti ...

based on the 1892 short story of the same title by

Anton 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 ...

. It was nominated for a

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award for

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in 1957. The lead character is said to be based on

Sofia Kuvshinnikova Sofia Petrovna Kuvshinnikova, née Safonova (Russian: Софья Петровна Кувшинникова; 1847 – 1907 near Moscow) was a Russian landscape painter. For many years, she was the mistress of Isaac Levitan and served as the inspi ...

who although married to another man was until 1890 living with the painter

Isaac Levitan Isaac Ilyich Levitan (; – ) was a Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the "mood landscape". Life and work Youth Isaac Levitan was born in a ''shtetl'' of Kibarty, Augustów Governorate in Congress Poland, a part of the R ...

in the town of Plyos where Sofia was improving her painting skills.Biographical notes
and works from the Museum of Landscape, Plyos. Chekhov wrote '' The Grasshopper'' shortly after this time when the couple had returned. Chekhov was a close friend of Sofia's and may have had strong affections for her. The story was a way of criticizing her betrayal, both of him and her innocent husband, and created a small scandal. According to the memoirs of Chekhov's brother, Mikhail, the situation almost led to a duel with Levitan, but it was avoided thanks to the intercession of a mutual friend, Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik."Why, because of his beloved, did Levitan almost call a duel with Chekhov?"
by Vladimir Rogoza @ Школа Жизни.

Cast

Sergey Bondarchuk Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker of Ukrainian origin who was one of the leading figures of Soviet cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for his sweeping p ...

as Dr. Osip Stepanovich Dymov (as S. Bondarchuk) *

Lyudmila Tselikovskaya Lyudmila Vasilyevna Tselikovskaya (, 8 September 1919 – 4 July 1992) was a Russian actress, best remembered for her leading parts in films like ''Hearts of the Four'' (1941–1944), ''Anton Ivanovich Gets Angry'' (1941), ''The Aerial Cabman'' ...

as Olga Ivanovna Dymova (as L. Tselikovskaya) *

Vladimir Druzhnikov Vladimir Vasilievich Druzhnikov (; 30 May 1922 – 20 February 1994) was a Soviet actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1945 and 1992. He was a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974) and the winner of two Stalin Prizes (1948, 1950). ...

as Ryabovskiy (as V. Druzhnikov) * Evgeniy Teterin as Dr. Fedor Lukich Korostylev (as Ye. Teterin) * Anatoli Aleksin * Anatoliy Bobrovsky * Vasili Bokarev as Bryndin (as V. Bokarev) * Georgiy Georgiu as Uzdechkin (as G. Georgiu) *

Mikhail Gluzsky Mikhail Andreyevich Gluzsky (June 15, 2001) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He starred in the 1972 film, ''Monologue (film), Monologue'', which was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. An actor in more than 130 films bet ...

as Burkin (as M. Gluzskiy)

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* 1955 films 1955 drama films Mosfilm films Films based on works by Anton Chekhov 1950s Russian-language films Soviet drama films Russian-language drama films 1950s Soviet films {{1950s-drama-film-stub