A portrait of a Russian community in the late 19th century based on Chekhov's stories, featuring the author as observer and narrator.
Cast
Andrei Popov
Chehov
Anatoliy Papanov
Startsev
Nonna Terentyeva
Katya
Lidiya Shtykan
Vera Iosifovna
Igor Gorbachyov
Turkin
Aleksey Batalov
Shergov
Aleksandr Borisov
Puzyrev
Grigoriy Shpigel
lawyer Losev
Yevgeni Shutov
Panteleimon
Olga Aroseva
Maria Chekhova
Leonid Bykov
Carter
Vladimir Volchik
Drunken
Olga Gobzeva
Teacher
Liliya Gurova
Anisya
Rina Zelyonaya
Authoress
Ivan Krasko
Author
Pantelejmon Krymov
Andryusha
Vera Lipstok
Wife of a sick man
Gitana Leontenko
Street acrobat
Lyubov Malinovskaya
Anfisa
Nina Mamayeva
Puzyrev's wife
Yuri Medvedev
Doctor Sveshnikov
N. Melnikov
Unknown
Aleksandr Orlov
Street musician
Valentina Pugachova
Nurse
Iya Savvina
Lady with a dog
Nikolai Sergeyev
Sick man
Aleksei Smirnov
Gentleman with pineapple
Lev Stepanov
Man in a case
Roman Tkachuk
Volsky
Oleg Khromenkov
Unknown
Georgiy Yumatov
Mikhail Makarovich
Stepan Krylov
Sinyukhin (uncredited)
Mariya Vinogradova
Jealous man's wife (uncredited)
Anatoli Stolbov
Player (uncredited)
Yuri Rychkov
Arkasha Losev (uncredited)
Crew
Iosif Kheifits
Director, Screenplay
Leonid Rakhmanov
Script Editor
Anton Chekhov
Novel
Stera Gorakova
Editor
Tamara Guseva
Assistant Editor
Genrikh Marandzhyan
Director of Photography
Lydumila Krivitskaya
Assistant Director
I. Mochalova
Assistant Director
Yevgeni Tatarsky
Assistant Director
Mikhail Gendenshteyn
Executive Producer
Berta Manevich
Production Design
Isaak Kaplan
Production Design
Semyon Ivanov
Camera Operator
Anatoliy Kudryavtsev
Assistant Camera
S. Filanovskiy
Assistant Camera
Liliya Moshkina
Costume Design
Vasiliy Ulyanov
Key Makeup Artist
V. Perov
Second Unit Director
Konstantin Lashkov
Sound Recordist
Nadezhda Simonyan
Original Music Composer
R. Tarakanova
Set Decoration
Yuriy Smirnov
Assistant Production Design
Viktoriya Mogilyanskaya
Assistant Production Design
