Key Witness
Vasily Kapluntsev, a burgher, died suddenly. Experts found poison in his body, and now his young wife Maria Kapluntseva is accused of murder. The main witness at the trial is the Kapluntsevs' neighbor, Vasily's friend and Maria's lover.
Cast
Yelena Sanayeva
Mariya Kapluntseva
Aleksandr Belyavskiy
Matvey Novozhilov
Larisa Luzhina
Varvara
Larisa Danilina
Sofiya
Mikhail Kislov
Vasya Kapluntsov
Vsevolod Sanayev
Dyudya
Aleksandra Denisova
zhena Dyudi
Aleksandr Lebedev
Alyoshka
Pavel Vinnik
Lebyodkin
Boris Yurchenko
Gerasim Kopylov
Vera Altayskaya
Malanyina
Boris Bityukov
Valentin Bryleev
Yuri Leonidov
Court member
Dmitriy Masanov
Daniil Netrebin
Nikolai Romanov
Konstantin Severnyy
Crew
Anton Chekhov
Short Story
Aida Manasarova
Director
Aleksandr Vitenzon
Writer
Evgeniy Vasilev
Director of Photography
Yuri Raksha
Production Design
Nikolai Sidelnikov
Original Music Composer
Vladimir Krachkovskiy
Sound Director
Mark Ermler
Conductor
Ralf Kelly
Camera Operator
Anatoliy Dudorov
Assistant Director
Klavdiya Moskvina
Editor
Roza Budantseva
Script Editor
Yu. Shmarov
Script Consultant
Irina Belyakova
Costume Design
Anton Andzhan
Makeup & Hair
Galina Prigozhina
Makeup & Hair
V. Varman
Assistant Camera
Yuri Bazarov
Assistant Camera
Ivan Dolzhikov
First Assistant Director
R. Bove
First Assistant Director
N. Senchagova
Second Assistant Director
G. Abramov
Producer
Z. Sakhnovskaya
Second Assistant Director