Story of an Unknown Actor

Story of an Unknown Actor is a Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi in 1977.

Plot

Pavel Pavlovich Goryaev, middle-aged actor. For many years, he played in the provincial theater on lead roles. The director of the piece based on the play, written for Goryaev, takes a young actor for his role. Goryaev first falls into despair, leaves the theater, makes an appeal to his friends. After a while, he digests what happened and realizes it's time to leave the scene adequately.

Cast

Yevgeny Yevstigneyev as Pavel Goryaev
Alla Demidova as Olga Svetilnikova
Igor Kvasha as Viktor Vereshchagin
Angelina Stepanova as Maria Goryaeva
Igor Starygin as Vadim
Vladislav Strzhelchik as Mikhail Tverskoy
Valentin Gaft as director Znamensky
Mikhail Kononov as Petya Strizhov
Nikolay Trofimov as Pyotr Fomich
Pavel Vinnik as Ferapontov
Irina Murzaeva as old actress
Nikolay Smorchkov as actor
Valentina Telegina as episode