Behind the Footlights

1956

1h 24m

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Romance
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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.

Writers

Mikhail Volpin(writer by)
Nikolay Erdman(writer by)
Dmitri Lensky(theatre play by)
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Vasili Merkuryev
Lev Gurych Sinichkin
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Liliya Yudina
Liza Sinichkina
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Tatyana Karpova
Raisa Surmilova
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Nikolai Afanasyev
Serge Vetrinsky
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Mikhail Yanshin
Fyodor Borzikov
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Yuri Lyubimov
Graf Zefirov
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Sergei Blinnikov
Pyotr Pustoslavtsev
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Yuriy Yakovlev
Chakhotkin

Writers

Mikhail Volpin(writer by)
Nikolay Erdman(writer by)
Dmitri Lensky(theatre play by)

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Release date

June 28, 1956 (United States)

Country of origin

Soviet Union

Language

Russian

Production company

Mosfilm

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