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The Leshy (1981)

Directed by Vladimir Semakov, Eugene Simonoff

Overview

The play, traditionally considered a precursor to Uncle Vanya, contains many characters, situations, and fragments of text that were later carried over into Uncle Vanya from The Wood Demon. In this play, as in all of Chekhov’s works, the characteristics of the Russian national character are reflected. Nature and man are interconnected: man first cleared the forest, and then civilization cleared man. Spiritual values have been lost, traditions destroyed, and the ability to empathize and feel for others has vanished.

Length 139 minutes

Actors

Grigori Abrikosov | Nikolai Timofeyev | Yuliya Borisova | Lyudmila Maksakova | Dina Andreeva | Anatoly Katsynsky | Evgeniy Fyodorov | Vyacheslav Shalevich | Yuriy Yakovlev | Aleksandr Grave | Nina Ruslanova | Andrey Zaretsky | Andrei Torkhov