Behind the Footlights

Name: Behind the Footlights
Director: Konstantin Yudin
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Released: 1956-06-28
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Vasili Merkuryev, Liliya Yudina, Tatyana Karpova, Nikolai Afanasyev, Mikhail Yanshin

Russian Empire, the middle of the XIX century. Aged, beggar dramatic actor Lev Gurych Sinichkin, in search of work, wanders through the cities with his young daughter Liza. They dream that Lisa someday will succeed on stage and become a famous actress.