Movie: A.P. Chekhov's Scenes

Top 8 Billed Cast

Georgi Tovstonogov
Георгий Товстоногов

Director

German Livanov
German Livanov

Director

Yevgeni Lebedev
Евгений Лебедев

"Querido perro" Lt. Dubov

Oleg Basilashvili
Олег Басилашвили

"Querido perro" Voluntario Knaps

Leonid Nevedomsky
Леонид Неведомский

Vyacheslav Leonov
Vyacheslav Leonov

Olga Khorkova
Ольга Хорькова

Vasili Merkuryev
Василий Меркурьев

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    A filmed stage performance by the Bolshoi Drama Theatre. Three miniatures based on short stories by A.P. Chekhov: The Darling Dog, The Wrongdoer, The Groom and the Papa, exploring the absurdity of existence. In each miniature, one of the characters inevitably insists on something that is completely unnecessary for the other.

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    1973-03-18

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    8

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    Pусский
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