Directed by:
Yuriy GrymovScreenplay:
Yuriy GrymovCinematography:
Yuriy GrymovComposer:
Vladimir DashkevichCast:
Lyudmila Polyakova, Aleksandr Baluev, Maksim Sukhanov, Анна Каменкова, Irina Mazurkevich, Igor Yasulovich, Igor Yatsko, Aleksandr Pashutin, Natali YuraPlots(1)
Preserving the text of the play, the amazing dialogues, the brilliant characters, we have transposed the action into today′s Russian provinces and changed only one thing: the age of the heroes. In Anton Chekhov′s play the heroines are aged around 25; now they are 55. What does that do? The heroes′ retorts, stylistically inappropriate from today′s twenty-year-olds, are absolutely organic for the older generation, the 'Soviet' intelligentsia. The problems of Chekhov′s classical work concerning the search for a meaning in life, the loss of ideals, the fear before death without having achieved anything in the world, the desire to be useful to others — all these things are also a typical attribute of the Soviet intelligentsia. The film brings out the continuity of Russian culture and the fear to lose the link between generations. (Kinotavr)
(more)Cast
Lyudmila Polyakova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
The Ascent (1977)
The Commissar (1967)
Aleksandr Baluev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Specnaz (2002) (series)
The Hero (2016)
Maksim Sukhanov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Mummy (1999)
Strana gluchich (1998)
One Breath (2019)
Анна Каменкова
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cat Who Walked by Herself (1988)
A Cruel Romance (1984)
The Concert (2009)
Irina Mazurkevich
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Troe v lodke, ne schitaya sobaki (1979) (TV movie)
Igor Yasulovich
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Obratnoy dorogi net (1970)
The Legend of Till Ullenspiegel (1976)
Waterloo (1970)
Igor Yatsko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
Rusalka (2007)
A Woman in Berlin (2008)
Aleksandr Pashutin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Něbesa obětovannyje (1991)
White Bim, black ear (1977)
Natali Yura
Best movies:
The Princess Switch (2018)
Reprisal (2018)
Dead Trigger (2017)