Story of an Unknown Actor

Story of an Unknown Actor (Повесть о неизвестном актёре) is a Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi  in 1977.

Plot
Pavel Pavlovich Goryaev, middle-aged actor. For many years, he played in the provincial theater on lead roles. The director of the piece based on the play, written for Goryaev, takes a young actor for his role. Goryaev first falls into despair, leaves the theater, makes an appeal to his friends. After a while, he digests what happened and realizes it's time to leave the scene adequately.

Cast

 * Yevgeny Yevstigneyev as Pavel Goryaev
 * Alla Demidova as Olga  Svetilnikova
 * Igor Kvasha as Viktor  Vereshchagin
 * Angelina Stepanova as Maria Goryaeva
 * Igor Starygin as Vadim
 * Vladislav Strzhelchik as Mikhail Tverskoy
 * Valentin Gaft as director   Znamensky
 * Mikhail Kononov as Petya Strizhov
 * Nikolay Trofimov as Pyotr Fomich
 * Pavel Vinnik as Ferapontov
 * Irina Murzaeva as old actress
 * Nikolay Smorchkov as actor
 * Valentina Telegina as episode