Story of an Unknown Actor (russian: Повесть о неизвестном актёре, Povest o neizvestnom aktyore) is a Soviet

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Aleksandr Zarkhi Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi (russian: Александр Григорьевич Зархи; 18 February 1908 – 27 January 1997) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Hero of Socialist ...

in 1977.

Plot

Pavel Pavlovich Goryaev, middle-aged actor. For many years, he played in the provincial theater on lead roles. The director of the piece based on the play, written for Goryaev, takes a young actor for his role. Goryaev first falls into despair, leaves the theater, makes an appeal to his friends. After a while, he digests what happened and realizes it's time to leave the scene adequately.

Cast

Yevgeny Yevstigneyev Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevstigneyev (russian: Евгений Александрович Евстигнеев; 9 October 1926 — 4 March 1992) was a prominent Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre pedagogue, one of the founders of the ...

as Pavel GoryaevStory of an Unknown Actor
at the kino-teatr.ru *

Alla Demidova Alla Sergeyevna Demidova (russian: link=no, А́лла Серге́евна Деми́дова; born 29 September 1936, Moscow) is a Russian actress internationally acclaimed for the tragic parts in innovative plays staged by Yuri Lyubimov in th ...

as Olga Svetilnikova *

Igor Kvasha Igor Vladimirovich Kvasha (russian: Игорь Владимирович Кваша; 4 February 1933 — 30 August 2012) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was a leading actor of Sovremennik Theater. Igor Kvasha was one of the So ...

as Viktor Vereshchagin *

Angelina Stepanova Angelina Iosifovna Stepanova ( rus, links=no, Ангели́на Ио́сифовна Степа́нова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ɪˈosʲɪfəvnə sʲtʲɪˈpanəvə; 23 November 1905 – 17 May 2000) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actre ...

as Maria Goryaeva *

Igor Starygin Igor Vladimirovich Starygin (Russian:''Игорь Владимирович Старыгин'', 13 June 1946 in Moscow – 8 November 2009 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. An alumnus of the Russian Academy of Theatre Ar ...

as Vadim *

Vladislav Strzhelchik Vladislav Ignatievich Strzhelchik (russian: Владисла́в Игна́тьевич Стрже́льчик) (1921–1995) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1974). Biography Vladislav Strzhelchik born in Petrograd ( ...

as Mikhail Tverskoy *

Valentin Gaft Valentin Iosifovich Gaft (russian: Валенти́н Ио́сифович Гафт; 2 September 1935 – 12 December 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984). Biography Early life and education Gaft was ...

as director Znamensky *

Mikhail Kononov Mikhail Ivanovich Kononov (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Ко́нонов) (25 April 1940 – 16 July 2007) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of Russia (1999). Biography He first appeared on stage at school. In 1963, ...

as Petya Strizhov *

Nikolay Trofimov Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Трофи́мов; January 21, 1920, Sevastopol — November 7, 2005, St. Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1990 ...

as Pyotr Fomich *

Pavel Vinnik Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

as Ferapontov *

Irina Murzaeva Irina Vsevolodovna Murzaeva (russian: Ири́на Все́володовна Мурза́ева; May 15, 1906 — January 3, 1988) was a Soviet actress of theater and cinema. Biography She graduated from the GITIS, Lunacharsky Theater College ...

as old actress *

Nikolay Smorchkov Nikolay Gavrilovich Smorchkov (russian: Николай Гаврилович Сморчков; 9 August 1930 – 7 March 2021) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. Biography Nikolay Smorchkov was born on 9 August 1930 in the village of Ivanko ...

as actor *

Valentina Telegina Valentina Petrovna Telegina (russian: Валенти́на Петро́вна Теле́гина; 1915 — 1979) was a Soviet and Russian actress. Biography Telegina was born on February 23, 1915, in Novocherkassk, capital of Don Cossacks (now the ...

as episode

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* {{Alfred Schnittke Mosfilm films Soviet drama films 1977 drama films 1977 films Films directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi Films scored by Alfred Schnittke Films about actors

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