V gorode S.

1967
1h 46m

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"In the City of S." is a Soviet film adaptation of one of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's most famous short stories "Ionich". This is a story about a young promising doctor Dmitry Ionich Startsev,... Read all"In the City of S." is a Soviet film adaptation of one of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's most famous short stories "Ionich". This is a story about a young promising doctor Dmitry Ionich Startsev, who moves to a county town where he was appointed a doctor. At first, the life of a buddi... Read all"In the City of S." is a Soviet film adaptation of one of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's most famous short stories "Ionich". This is a story about a young promising doctor Dmitry Ionich Startsev, who moves to a county town where he was appointed a doctor. At first, the life of a budding newcomer in these parts was literally in full swing. He had a lot of new acquaintances ... Read all

Director
- Iosif Kheifits
Writers
- Anton Chekhov
- Iosif Kheifits
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6.9/10

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Director
- Iosif Kheifits
Writers
- Anton Chekhov
- Iosif Kheifits
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Andrei Popov

Chekhov

Anatoliy Papanov

Dmitri Ionich Startsev

Nonna Terentyeva

Katya Turkin

Lidiya Shtykan

Vera Iosifovna Turkin

Igor Gorbachyov

Turkin

Aleksey Batalov

Shergov
(as A. Batalov)

Aleksandr Borisov

Puzyryov
(as A. Borisov)

Grigoriy Shpigel

Losev
(as G. Shpigel)

Evgeniy Shutov

Panteleimon
(as E. Shutov)

Olga Aroseva

Mariya Pavlovna Chekhova
(as O. Aroseva)

Leonid Bykov

Carrier
(as L. Bykov)

Vladimir Volchik

Olga Gobzeva

Teacher
(as O. Gobzeva)

Liliya Gurova

Rina Zelyonaya

Writer
(as R. Zelyonaya)

Ivan Krasko

Panteleymon Krymov

Vera Lipstok

Director
- Iosif Kheifits
Writers
- Anton Chekhov
- Iosif Kheifits
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10/10

After 32 years, I still remember this film...

I saw this fine little piece in a Romanian-subtitled print, in Bucharest in 1968. It was titled "In Orasul S." ("In the Town of S."), and I was so delighted with it, I went back the next night and saw it again. Essentially, it is a composite of several of Chekhov's stories, and the actor playing the lead role was in fact Chekhov, as a very aloof character who did little more than watch the events unfolding, somewhat like Pogo's role in the Walt Kelly comic strips. The film was a very warm-hearted view of people in Chekhov's Russia, variably eccentric, filling the observant Chekhov with his famous material. I'd love to see it again.