Theatrical release: 1978
DVD release: 2004
Language(s): Russian, English, French
Subtitles: Russian, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese
Format: Widescreen, 16:9
Genre(s): Melodrama, Classic films


Director:
Emil’ Lotyanu

Script:
Emil’ Lotyanu

Camera:
Anatolij Petritskij

Music:
Evgeny Doga

Cast:
Oleg Yankovskij, Kirill Lavrov, Galina Belyaeva, Grigore Grigoriu, Oleg Fedorov, Svetlana Toma, Leonid Markov, Vasilij Simchich

Art Director:
Boris Blank

Sound producer:
Vladimir Kurganskij



●　The film is based on the story by Russian writer Anton Chekhov.

Sergei Kamyshev, a successful investigator, on a visit to his friend, Count Korneyev, met 16-year-old Olenka. All the neighborhood men are mad about her. Quite unexpectedly, they learn that the girl is going to marry an old estate manager, Urbenin. But on her wedding day she confesses to Kamyshev that she loves him alone… Their love affair will be interrupted by a sudden shot made at the hunting…

Special Freatures:
Video Featurettes: "Provincial doctor", "Reminiscences of the writer"s wife, actress O. Knipper-Chekhova", "Reminiscences of writer N. Teleshov";
Interview with actress Svetlana Toma and composer Yevgeny Doga;
A.P. Chekhov"s biography;
Filmographies;
Photo Album