Behind the Footlights

Behind the Footlights (Russian: На подмостках сцены) is a 1956 Soviet musical comedy drama film directed by Konstantin Yudin.

Behind the Footlights
Russian: На подмостках сцены
Directed by	Konstantin Yudin
Written by	Nikolay Erdman Dmitri Lensky Mikhail Volpin
Starring	Vasiliy Merkurev Liliya Yudina Tatyana Karpova Nikolai Afanasyev
Cinematography	Igor Gelein Valentin Zakharov
Edited by	Anna Kulganek
Music by	Vasiliy Shirinskiy
Release date	1956 (1956)
Running time	89 minute
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

The film tells about an elderly actor and his beautiful and gifted daughter, who dreams of becoming an actress and playing in the theater.

Cast

• Vasili Merkuryev as Lev Gurych Sinichkin (as V. Merkuryev)
• Liliya Yudina as Liza - Sinichkin daughter (as L. Yudina)
• Tatyana Karpova as Surmilova, actress (as T. Karpova)
• Nikolai Afanasyev as Prince Vetrinsky (as N. Afanasyev)
• Mikhail Yanshin as Borzikov, dramatist (as M. Yanshin)
• Yuri Lyubimov as Prince Zefirov (as Yu. Lyubimov)
• Sergei Blinnikov as Pustoslavtsev, theatre keeper (as S. Blinnikov)
• Stanislav Chekan as Stepan, coachman (as S. Chekan)
• Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky as Prompter (as A. Samin-Nikolsky)
• Yelena Savitskaya
• Irina Fyodorova
• Grigori Abrikosov
• Pyotr Repnin
• Yury Yakovlev as Chakhotkin (as Yu. Yakovlev)
• Nikolay Kutuzov
• V. Troshuk^[1]