Behind the Footlights explained
| Behind the Footlights |
| Native Name: | Russian: На подмостках сцены |
| Director: | Konstantin Yudin |
| Music: | Vasiliy Shirinskiy |
| Editing: | Anna Kulganek |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
Behind the Footlights (Russian: На подмостках сцены) is a 1956 Soviet musical comedy drama film directed by Konstantin Yudin.
Plot
The film tells about an elderly actor and his beautiful and gifted daughter, who dreams of becoming an actress and playing in the theater.
Cast
- Vasili Merkuryev as Lev Gurych Sinichkin (as V. Merkuryev)
- Liliya Yudina as Liza - Sinichkin daughter (as L. Yudina)
- Tatyana Karpova as Surmilova, actress (as T. Karpova)
- Nikolai Afanasyev as Prince Vetrinsky (as N. Afanasyev)
- Mikhail Yanshin as Borzikov, dramatist (as M. Yanshin)
- Yuri Lyubimov as Prince Zefirov (as Yu. Lyubimov)
- Sergei Blinnikov as Pustoslavtsev, theatre keeper (as S. Blinnikov)
- Stanislav Chekan as Stepan, coachman (as S. Chekan)
- Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky as Prompter (as A. Samin-Nikolsky)
- Yelena Savitskaya
- Irina Fyodorova
- Grigori Abrikosov
- Pyotr Repnin
- Yury Yakovlev as Chakhotkin (as Yu. Yakovlev)
- Nikolay Kutuzov
- V. Troshuk[1]
Notes and References
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049536/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm На подмостках сцены (1956) Full Cast & Crew
