The film comprises four novellas: (1) “From Boredom”. A wealthy matron, bored with life, embarks on a romance with her children’s romantic tutor. (2) “Nerves”. Haunted by tales of the supernatural, Vaksin can’t sleep and is found in the morning napping on the governess’s chest. (3) “The Avenger”. A husband plans to kill his unfaithful wife but abandons the plot when he dreads the punishment to come. (4) “The Proposal”. A tragicomic matchmaking tale of landowner Lomov wooing his neighbor’s daughter.
Cast
Alisa Freyndlikh
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Vyacheslav Tikhonov
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Nikolay Burlyaev
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Nikolai Gritsenko
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Raisa Kurkina
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Lidiya Sukharevskaya
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Andrey Mironov
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Valentin Gaft
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Alla Budnitskaya
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Igor Yasulovich
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Georgi Burkov
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Anatoliy Papanov
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Yekaterina Vasilyeva
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Aleksandr Orlov
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Crew
Sergey Solovyov
Director, Screenplay
Andrei Ladynin
Director, Screenplay
Alexandr Sheyn
Director, Writer
Arkadi Stavitsky
Screenplay
Anton Chekhov
Short Story
Alla Abramova
Editor
Lidiya Lysenkova
Editor
Alfredo Álvarez
Director of Photography
Aleksandr Ryabov
Director of Photography
Roman Veseler
Director of Photography
Dmitry Zalbstein
Producer
Anatoliy Kuznetsov
Production Design
Galina Shabanova
Production Design
Leonid Pertsev
Production Design
Vladimir Chukhnov
Camera Operator
Roza Satunovskaya
Costume Design
Isaac Schwarts
Original Music Composer
