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Behind the Footlights

7.519561h 24mMovieRomanceComedy

Russian Empire, the middle of the XIX century. Aged, beggar dramatic actor Lev Gurych Sinichkin, in search of work, wanders through the cities with his young daughter Liza. They dream that Lisa someday will succeed on stage and become a famous actress.

DirectorKonstantin Yudin
WritersMikhail Volpin·Nikolay Erdman

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Cast · Directed by Konstantin Yudin

VMVasili Merkuryev
Vasili Merkuryev
Lev Gurych Sinichkin
LYLiliya Yudina
Liliya Yudina
Liza Sinichkina
TKTatyana Karpova
Tatyana Karpova
Raisa Surmilova
NANikolai Afanasyev
Nikolai Afanasyev
Serge Vetrinsky
MYMikhail Yanshin
Mikhail Yanshin
Fyodor Borzikov
YLYuri Lyubimov
Yuri Lyubimov
Graf Zefirov
SBSergei Blinnikov
Sergei Blinnikov
Pyotr Pustoslavtsev
SCStanislav Chekan
Stanislav Chekan
Stepan
ASAleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky
Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky
Prompter
GAGrigori Abrikosov
Grigori Abrikosov
Kozachinsky
PRPyotr Repnin
Pyotr Repnin
Nalimov
YYYuriy Yakovlev
Yuriy Yakovlev
Chakhotkin

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