The film tells about Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. October 17, 1896. On the facade of the Alexandrinsky Theater — a poster about the premiere of "The Seagull". A few hours are left before the performance. Chekhov and his sister Masha are expecting Lika Mizinova from Moscow station to arrive from Moscow. Chekhov is alarmed by the upcoming premiere, excited by the meeting with love, which never took place. Memories of acquaintance with Lika, of the experiences caused by the rude scolding of newspaper men who predicted the young writer the inglorious "death under the fence", about the unexpected decision for everyone to go to Sakhalin...
as Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
as Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
as Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
as Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
as Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
as Lika Mizinova
as Ignatiy Potapenko
as Gilyarovskiy
as Kurbatov
as artist Ovchinnikova
as merchant Gribov
as father Gerasim
as peasant
as prompter
as Zhurkin
