Behind the Footlights
1956 Soviet film
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Behind the Footlights (Russian: На подмостках сцены) is a 1956 Soviet musical comedy drama film directed by Konstantin Yudin.
Directed byKonstantin Yudin
Written by
- Nikolay Erdman
- Dmitri Lensky
- Mikhail Volpin
Starring
- Vasiliy Merkurev
- Liliya Yudina
- Tatyana Karpova
- Nikolai Afanasyev
Cinematography
- Igor Gelein
- Valentin Zakharov
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| Directed by | Konstantin Yudin |
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| Edited by | Anna Kulganek |
| Music by | Vasiliy Shirinskiy |
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Running time | 89 minute |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
The film tells about an elderly actor and his beautiful and gifted daughter, who dreams of becoming an actress and playing in the theater.
Cast
- Vasili Merkuryev as Lev Gurych Sinichkin (as V. Merkuryev)
- Liliya Yudina as Liza - Sinichkin daughter (as L. Yudina)
- Tatyana Karpova as Surmilova, actress (as T. Karpova)
- Nikolai Afanasyev as Prince Vetrinsky (as N. Afanasyev)
- Mikhail Yanshin as Borzikov, dramatist (as M. Yanshin)
- Yuri Lyubimov as Prince Zefirov (as Yu. Lyubimov)
- Sergei Blinnikov as Pustoslavtsev, theatre keeper (as S. Blinnikov)
- Stanislav Chekan as Stepan, coachman (as S. Chekan)
- Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky as Prompter (as A. Samin-Nikolsky)
- Yelena Savitskaya
- Irina Fyodorova
- Grigori Abrikosov
- Pyotr Repnin
- Yury Yakovlev as Chakhotkin (as Yu. Yakovlev)
- Nikolay Kutuzov
- V. Troshuk[1]
