Subject for a Short Story

Subject for a Short Story is a 1969 Soviet-French drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich. Plot The film tells about the life of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, the process of creating the play "The Seagull", her production on the stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater and his relationship with Lika Mizinova. Cast Nikolai Grinko as Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Marina Vlady as Lika Mizinova Iya Savvina as Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova Rolan Bykov as Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov Aleksandra Panova as Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova Yevgeny Lebedev Yury Yakovlev as Potapenko Leonid Gallis as Gilyarovskiy Vladimir Osenev as Kurbatov Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Ovchinnikova References