The film is dedicated to the tragic fate of the outstanding theater director, founder of the famous Chamber Theater Alexander Tairov. Tairov's performances "Princess Brambilla", "Phaedra", "Love under the Elms", "Optimistic Tragedy" have gained worldwide fame. In 1949, during the so-called struggle against cosmopolitans, Tairov was released from the leadership of the Chamber Theater, the theater was renamed. Unable to withstand this blow, shocked by the betrayal of the actors he raised, crushed by the harassment of the press, Tairov died a year later in a psychiatric clinic...
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Mikhail Kozakov
Known for
Amphibian Man
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Alla Demidova
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Mirror
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Aleksey Petrenko
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12
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Aleksandr Mokhov
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Garik Sukachyov
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Aleksey Guskov
Known for
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Vladimir Laptev
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Boris Blank Director · Pavel Finn Screenplay Dmitri Smirnov Composer
United States release June 8, 2004 · Produced in Russia · Original title Смерть Таирова
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Russia
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Original title
Смерть Таирова
Original language
Russian
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Russian
Release dates
United States · June 8, 2004
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