Story of an Unknown Actor
Directed by	Aleksandr Zarkhi
Written by	Aleksandr Zarkhi Vladimir Valutsky
Starring	Yevgeny Yevstigneyev Alla Demidova
Cinematography	Pyotr Shumsky
Music by	Alfred Schnittke
Production company	Mosfilm[1]
Release date	3 October 1977 (1977-10-03) (Soviet Union)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Story of an Unknown Actor (Russian: Повесть о неизвестном актёре, romanized: Povest o neizvestnom aktyore) is a Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi in 1977.^[2]

Plot

Pavel Pavlovich Goryaev, middle-aged actor. For many years, he played in the provincial theater on lead roles. The director of the piece based on the play, written for Goryaev, takes a young actor for his role. Goryaev first falls into despair, leaves the theater, makes an appeal to his friends. After a while, he digests what happened and realizes it's time to leave the scene adequately.

Cast

• Yevgeny Yevstigneyev as Pavel Goryaev^[3]
• Alla Demidova as Olga Svetilnikova
• Igor Kvasha as Viktor Vereshchagin
• Angelina Stepanova as Maria Goryaeva
• Igor Starygin as Vadim
• Vladislav Strzhelchik as Mikhail Tverskoy
• Valentin Gaft as director Znamensky
• Mikhail Kononov as Petya Strizhov
• Nikolay Trofimov as Pyotr Fomich
• Pavel Vinnik as Ferapontov
• Irina Murzaeva as old actress
• Nikolay Smorchkov as actor
• Valentina Telegina as episode