Behind the Footlights

Behind the Footlights

84 mins | Comedy, Romance | June 28, 1956

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.

Behind the Footlights

84 mins | Comedy, Romance | June 28, 1956

Behind the Footlights
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.
Producers Mosfilm
Original title На подмостках сцены
Directors Konstantin Yudin
Writers Dmitri Lensky, Mikhail Volpin, Nikolay Erdman

Cast

Vasili Merkuryev

as Lev Gurych Sinichkin

Liliya Yudina

as Liza Sinichkina

Tatyana Karpova

as Raisa Surmilova

Nikolai Afanasyev

as Serge Vetrinsky

Mikhail Yanshin

as Fyodor Borzikov

Yuri Lyubimov

as Graf Zefirov

Sergei Blinnikov

as Pyotr Pustoslavtsev

Stanislav Chekan

as Stepan

Grigori Abrikosov

as Kozachinsky

Pyotr Repnin

as Nalimov

Yuriy Yakovlev

as Chakhotkin

Vladimir Troshin

as Timchenko