''Behind the Footlights'' (russian: На подмостках сцены) is a 1956

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

comedy drama film directed by

Konstantin Yudin Konstantin Konstantinovich Yudin (russian: Константи́н Константи́нович Ю́дин) (1896–1957) was a Soviet film director. Biography Born in the Semyonovskoe village near Dmitrov (now Dmitrovsky District, Moscow Obla ...

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 Vasili Vasilyevich Merkuryev (russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Мерку́рьев; 6 April 1904 – 12 May 1978) was a Soviet actor, stage director and drama teacher. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1960.

as Lev Gurych Sinichkin (as V. Merkuryev) * Liliya Yudina as Liza - Sinichkin daughter (as L. Yudina) *

Tatyana Karpova Tatyana Mikhailovna Karpova (russian: Татьяна Михайловна Карпова; 17 January 1916 – 26 February 2018) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. Born in what became Kharkiv, Ukraine, on 17 January 1916, Karpova beg ...

as Surmilova, actress (as T. Karpova) * Nikolai Afanasyev as Prince Vetrinsky (as N. Afanasyev) *

Mikhail Yanshin Mikhail Mikhailovich Yanshin (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Я́ншин) (20 October 1902 – 17 July 1976) was a Soviet Union, Soviet stage and film actor. Biography Yanshin was born in the city of Yukhnov, located in the pre ...

as Borzikov, dramatist (as M. Yanshin) *

Yuri Lyubimov Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov (russian: Ю́рий Петро́вич Люби́мов; 5 October 2014) was a Soviet and Russian stage actor and director associated with the internationally renowned Taganka Theatre, which he founded in 1964. He was one ...

as Prince Zefirov (as Yu. Lyubimov) *

Sergei Blinnikov Sergei Blinnikov (russian: Серге́й Капито́нович Бли́нников) was a Soviet actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1963),

as Pustoslavtsev, theatre keeper (as S. Blinnikov) *

Stanislav Chekan Stanislav Yulianovich Chekan (russian: Станисла́в Юлиа́нович Чека́н; 2 June 1922, Rostov-on-Don — 11 August 1994, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema, known primarily for his blue-collar manly appearance, a ...

as Stepan, coachman (as S. Chekan) *

Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

as Prompter (as A. Samin-Nikolsky) *

Yelena Savitskaya Yelena or Jelena is a feminine given name. It is the Russian form of Helen, written Елена in Russian. Notable people called Yelena * Yelena Afanasyeva (born 1967), former Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres *Yelena Vladimiro ...

* Irina Fyodorova *

Grigori Abrikosov Grigori Andreyevich Abrikosov (russian: Григорий Андреевич Абрикосов; 30 August 1932 – 13 April 1993) was a Soviet stage and film actor. He was the son of Andrei Abrikosov. Filmography Awards * Honored Artist of t ...

* Pyotr Repnin *

Yury Yakovlev Yury Vasilyevich Yakovlev (russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Я́ковлев; 25 April 1928 – 30 November 2013) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1976. Main works ...

as Chakhotkin (as Yu. Yakovlev) * Nikolay Kutuzov * V. TroshukНа подмостках сцены (1956) Full Cast & Crew
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References

External links

* {{Konstantin Yudin 1956 films Soviet comedy-drama films 1950s Russian-language films 1956 comedy-drama films Soviet black-and-white films