The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
Negina, a talented actress at a provincial theater, must leave the stage because her purity of behavior is incompatible with theatrical customs. She loves the student Meluzov, and both dream of an honest, hard-working life. Harsh reality destroys her plans. A natural actress, Negina is unable to leave the theater, and in order to serve art, she is forced to betray her ideals and sell herself. After agonizing doubts, the actress becomes the mistress of the wealthy landowner Velikatov and leaves with him. Meluzov, left alone, angrily denounces the depraved "admirers of talent," the masters of the city.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Leonid LyubashevskyWriter
- Boris DmokhovskyDirector
- Andrei ApsolonDirector
- Dmitry TolstoyOriginal Music Composer
- Yefim SirotkinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tamara AlyoshinaНина Васильевна Смельская
- Pavel KadochnikovCast
- Gennadi MichurinCast
- Konstantin SkorobogatovCast
- Boris SmirnovВеликатов
- Tatyana LennikovaНегина
- Valentina SavelyevaМатрёна - прислуга
- Ekaterina Korchagina-AleksandrovskayaДомна Пантелеевна
- Nikolai KomissarovCast
- Yakov GudkinCast
- Alisa FreyndlikhCast
- Vladimir VoronovМигаев Гаврила Петрович