Behind the Footlights

7.5 (2 votes)• 1956• 84m•Released

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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.

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Production Details

Languages: Russian

Director: Konstantin Yudin

Starring Cast: Vasili Merkuryev, Liliya Yudina, Tatyana Karpova, Nikolai Afanasyev, Mikhail Yanshin, Yuri Lyubimov

Cast

Vasili Merkuryev

Lev Gurych Sinichkin

Liliya Yudina

Liza Sinichkina

Tatyana Karpova

Raisa Surmilova

Nikolai Afanasyev

Serge Vetrinsky

Mikhail Yanshin

Fyodor Borzikov

Yuri Lyubimov

Graf Zefirov

Sergei Blinnikov

Pyotr Pustoslavtsev

Stanislav Chekan

Stepan

Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky

Prompter

Grigori Abrikosov

Kozachinsky

Pyotr Repnin

Nalimov

Yuriy Yakovlev

Chakhotkin

Vladimir Troshin

Timchenko

Anna Shilova

Yelena Savitskaya

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