In deze semi-autobiografische film volgen wij het begin van de carrière van schrijver en theatermaker Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Op de openingavond van zijn eerste toneelstuk 'De Zeemeeuw', zien wij Chekhov, in gezelschap van zijn geliefde Lika, nerveus backstage meeluisteren naar de opvoering van zijn debuut.
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| Directing | Sergei Yutkevich | Director |
| Sound | Rodion Shchedrin | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Arnold Weisfeld | Production Design |
| Camera | Naum Ardashnikov | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lenna Rashkovsky-Kaleva | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Клавдия Алеева | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mikhail Chikiryov | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Людмила Кусакова | Costume Design |
| Sound | Boris Volsky | Sound |
| Writing | Leonid Malyugin | Writer |
| Art | Alina Speshneva | Set Decoration |
| Art | Nikolay Serebryakov | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Roman Veseler | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Grigoriy Shpakler | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marina Patenovskaya | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Art | Yu. Konkin | Set Decoration |
| Visual Effects | Boris Travkin | Visual Effects Camera |
