Written and directed by Vitaly Melnikov
Photography Sergey Astakhov
Sound Igor Terekhov
Production designer Aleksandr Zagoskin
Make-up I.Vassilieva
Costumes Larissa Konnikova
Casting Alyona Bogorad, Ekaterina Dyatlova

Cast:
Anton Chekhov - Kirill Pirogov
Lidiya Avilova — Svetlana Ivanova
Mikhail Avilov — Oleg Andreev
Lev Tolstoy - Ivan Krasko
Alex — Artyom Yakovlev
Leykin - Oleg Tabakov
Literature community - Oksana Mysina, Svetlana Kryuchkova

Based on real historical events – memories, correspondence. Young authoress Lidiya Avilova dates famous writer Anton Chekhov. Mutual sympathy grows into love. But Lidiya is already married and Chekhov is hopelessly sick.