Behind the Footlights (1956)
Original title: На подмостках сцены
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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.
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Vasili MerkuryevLev Gurych Sinichkin
Liliya YudinaLiza Sinichkina
Tatyana KarpovaRaisa SurmilovaNikolai AfanasyevSerge Vetrinsky
Mikhail YanshinFyodor Borzikov
Yuri LyubimovGraf Zefirov
Sergei BlinnikovPyotr Pustoslavtsev
Stanislav ChekanStepan
Aleksandr Sashin-NikolskyPrompter
Grigori AbrikosovKozachinsky
Pyotr RepninNalimov
Yuriy YakovlevChakhotkinMovie DNA
Genre affinityComedy · RomanceMood preferenceRomanceDialogue densityComedyPacingShortEmotional intensityRomanceDirector preference378367
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What is Behind the Footlights about?
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.
How long is Behind the Footlights?
Behind the Footlights has a runtime of 84 minutes.