Story of an Unknown Man

Overview

Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov, this drama centers around a desire for revenge and the tragedy of a star-crossed love. After a general ruins some men under him in punishment for a rebellion, a friend of the broken men vows revenge. The friend, a naval officer, takes a job as a valet in the general's son's house. While he plots his revenge, the son has an affair with a woman whom the valet begins to love. She is discarded after becoming pregnant, and the valet has his own troubles; he has contracted tuberculosis. Sick and unable to follow through on his plans for vengeance, he leaves for France with the pregnant woman hoping to declare his love and seek a cure for his illness.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1980

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Production

Mosfilm

Cast

Yevgeniya Simonova,Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy,Georgi Taratorkin,Lyudmila Zaytseva,Pavel Kadochnikov

Director

Vytautas Žalakevičius

Writer

Vytautas Žalakevičius,Anton Chekhov

Cinematography

Anatoliy Kuznetsov

Music

Georgiy Firtich

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0230686