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Story of an Unknown Actor
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Story of an Unknown Actor

1976-01-01 · 83 min · ★ 6.7

Drama

Pavel Pavlovich Goryaev is not that young of an actor. For many years he plays in the provincial theater in leading roles. The director of a play based on a play that was written for Goryaev takes the young actor for his role. Goryaev at first falls into despair, leaves the theater, turns to friends. After a while he digests what happened and realizes that it is time to leave the stage with dignity.

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Directors
Aleksandr Zarkhi
Production companies
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Evgeniy EvstigneevEvgeniy EvstigneevPavel Goryayev
Alla DemidovaAlla DemidovaSvetilnikova
Igor KvashaIgor KvashaVereshchagin
Yekaterina GrazhdanskayaKatya
Angelina StepanovaAngelina Stepanova
Igor StaryginIgor Starygin
Vladislav StrzhelchikVladislav Strzhelchik
Valentin GaftValentin Gaft
Mikhail KononovMikhail Kononov
Nikolay TrofimovNikolay Trofimov
Vladimir PitsekVladimir Pitsek
Pavel VinnikPavel Vinnik
Boris BityukovBoris Bityukov
Valentin BryleevValentin Bryleev
Aleksandra DanilovaAleksandra Danilova
Zoya IsaevaZoya Isaeva
Svetlana KonovalovaSvetlana Konovalova
Irina MurzayevaIrina Murzayeva
Nikolay SmorchkovNikolay Smorchkov
Valentina TeleginaValentina Telegina

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