The film tells about Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. October 17, 1896. On the facade of the Alexandrinsky Theater — a poster about the premiere of "The Seagull". A few hours are left before the performance. Chekhov and his sister Masha are expecting Lika Mizinova from Moscow station to arrive from Moscow. Chekhov is alarmed by the upcoming premiere, excited by the meeting with love, which never took place. Memories of acquaintance with Lika, of the experiences caused by the rude scolding of newspaper men who predicted the young writer the inglorious "death under the fence", about the unexpected decision for everyone to go to Sakhalin...
Евгений Лебедев
as Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
Александра Панова
as Yevgeniya Yakovlevna Chekhova
Ролан Быков
as Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov
Ия Саввина
as Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
Микола Гринько
as Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Marina Vlady
as Lika Mizinova
Юрий Яковлев
as Ignatiy Potapenko
Леонид Галлис
as Gilyarovskiy
Владимир Осенев
as Kurbatov
Екатерина Васильева
as artist Ovchinnikova
Sergei Kulagin
as merchant Gribov
Евгений Шутов
as father Gerasim
