Watch Behind the Footlights (1956) Official Trailer
7.5 / 10 IMDb June 28, 1956 1h 24m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 24m
Release Date
June 28, 1956
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Status
Released
Languages
Russian
Country
Soviet Union
Cast
Vasili Merkuryev
as Lev Gurych Sinichkin
Liliya Yudina
as Liza Sinichkina
Tatyana Karpova
as Raisa Surmilova
Nikolai Afanasyev
as Serge Vetrinsky
Mikhail Yanshin
as Fyodor Borzikov
Yuri Lyubimov
as Graf Zefirov
Sergei Blinnikov
as Pyotr Pustoslavtsev
Stanislav Chekan
as Stepan
Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky
as Prompter
Grigori Abrikosov
as Kozachinsky
Pyotr Repnin
as Nalimov
Yuriy Yakovlev
as Chakhotkin
Vladimir Troshin
as Timchenko
Anna Shilova
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Yelena Savitskaya
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