Behind the Footlights

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 28, 1956

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm

Cast

Mikhail Yanshin,Tatyana Karpova,Stanislav Chekan,Vasili Merkuryev,Pyotr Repnin,Grigori Abrikosov,Vladimir Troshin,Anna Shilova,Yuriy Yakovlev,Yuri Lyubimovand 5 more

Director

Konstantin Yudin

Writer

Mikhail Volpin,Nikolay Erdman,Dmitri Lensky

Cinematography

Valentin Zakharov,Igor Gelein

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0049536