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Status
Released
Release
1970
Runtime
1h 35m
Based on the novel of the same name by Anton Chekhov. Princess Mariya fell in love with doctor Toporkov, who was treating her, in the recent past the serf of her family. Now he has become a celebrity and is only concerned about buying a new home profitably. He does not notice her love and marries a rich merchant. The princess in love comes to see Toporkov and opens to him. Her strong feeling touches Toporkov’s hardened heart, he leaves his wife and leaves the princess abroad.
15 Cast Members
Irina Davidoff
Marusya
Aleksandr Lazarev
Toporkov
Olga Zhizneva
princess Priklonskaya
Aleksandr Khanov
Nikifor
Valeriy Zolotukhin
Yegorushka
Inna Ulyanova
Kaleriya Ivanovna
Zoya Vasilkova
Toporkov's wife
Anatoliy Verbitskiy
lawyer
Ivan Zhevago
cook of the Priklonsky family
Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya
maid of the Priklonsky family
Džilda Mažeikaitė
Lulu
Tatyana Lukyanova
Frosya
Nikolai Pazhitnov
professor
Vsevolod Tyagushev
Furov
Irina Shalyapina-Baksheyeva
matchmaker
