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The Seagull

The Seagull

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 14, 1972

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

41%

Original Title

Чайка

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Director

Yuli Karasik

Description

Based on the play of the same name by Anton Chekhov. About the searches and doubts of the Russian intelligentsia at the end of the 19th century. Events unfold on the estate of Pyotr Sorin, which brought together representatives of secular society - actress Irina Arkadina, the host's sister and her lover, the famous writer Trigorin. Sorin’s nephew, Konstantin Treplev, in love with a neighbor girl Nina Zarechnaya, who dreams of becoming an actress, writes for her a play that she plays in the scenery of Sorin’s garden.