---
title: 'The Seagull (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yuli Karasik'
released: '1972-01-07'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-seagull-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065533/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Seagull (1972)

1972 · 100 min · Drama · Soviet Union

Original title: Чайка

## Synopsis

The Seagull is a 1972 Soviet film adaptation of the 1896 play of the same name by Anton Chekhov. It was directed by Yuli Karasik and its music was written by Alfred Schnittke.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yuli Karasik](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuli-karasik)
- **Screenplay:** [Yuli Karasik](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuli-karasik), [Anton Chekhov](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-chekhov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Schnittke](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-schnittke)
- **Director of Photography:** [Misha Suslov](https://cinepixo.com/people/misha-suslov)

## Cast

- [Nikolai Plotnikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-plotnikov) as Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin
- [Yefim Kopelyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/yefim-kopelyan) as Dorn
- [Yury Yakovlev](https://cinepixo.com/people/yury-yakovlev) as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin
- [Vladimir Chetverikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-chetverikov)
- [Armen Dzhigarkhanyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/armen-dzhigarkhanyan) as Ilya Afanasyevich Shamrayev
- [Sofia Pavlova](https://cinepixo.com/people/sofia-pavlova) as The Seagull
- [Ludmila Savelyeva](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludmila-savelyeva) as Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya
- [Alla Demidova](https://cinepixo.com/people/alla-demidova) as Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-seagull-1972
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