The Roundabout
1971 · 85 min · ★ 5.7 · Comedy
Satirical comedy based on the notebooks and short stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: "Romance with Double-Bass","On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco", "Misery", "Grateful", "Polinka", "The Cynic", "The Ninny".
Directed by Mikhail Shveitser · Written by Mikhail Shveitser
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Vladimir Basov Smychkov -
Natalya Vorobyova Bibulova -
Evgeni Leonov Nyukhin -
Ivan Lapikov Iona -
Pavel Pavlenko Ivan Petrovich -
Valentina Titova Mariya Semyonovna -
Viktor Sergachyov Misha Bobov -
Yelena Korolyova Polinka -
Leonid Kuravlyov Nikolai Timofeyevich -
Yuri Volyntsev Syusin -
Nikolai Sergeyev Conductor -
Igor Kashintsev Writer
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