Movie: Behind the Footlights

Top 10 Billed Cast

Vasili Merkuryev
Василий Меркурьев

Lev Gurych Sinichkin

Liliya Yudina
Лилия Юдина

Liza Sinichkina

Tatyana Karpova
Татьяна Карпова

Raisa Surmilova

Nikolai Afanasyev
Николай Афанасьев

Serge Vetrinsky

Mikhail Yanshin
Михаил Яншин

Fyodor Borzikov

Yuri Lyubimov
Юрий Любимов

Graf Zefirov

Sergei Blinnikov
Сергей Блинников

Pyotr Pustoslavtsev

Stanislav Chekan
Станислав Чекан

Stepan

Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky
Александр Сашин-Никольский

Prompter

Grigori Abrikosov
Григорий Абрикосов

Kozachinsky

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1956-06-28

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    Pусский

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