Lady with the Dog
Overview
On holiday in Yalta, Muscovite banker Dimitri Gurov contrives to meet a young woman who walks her dog. She’s Anna Sergeyevna, trapped in a loveless marriage to a lackey. He’s unhappy in an arranged marriage. With neither spouse at hand, Dimitri and Anna begin an affair. After a short time, she returns to Saratov, he to Moscow, believing it’s good-by forever. All winter he is miserable, enervated, distracted by tristesse. In desperation, he contrives to go to Saratov, surprising her at a concert. Fearing discovery in her home town, she promises to come to Moscow. Will they cast aside reputation to live together, or will theirs be an affair of infrequent encounters in hotel rooms?
Cast
Iya Savvina
Анна Сергеевна
Aleksey Batalov
Дмитрий Дмитриевич Гуров
Nina Alisova
жена Гурова
Pantelejmon Krymov
Алексей Семенович Фролов (приятель Гурова по клубу)
Yuri Medvedev
чиновник (партнер по карточным играм Докторского клуба)
Pavel Pervushin
извозчик
Lev Stepanov
продавец собачки Фру-фру
Zinaida Dorogova
певица в ресторане
Vladimir Erenberg
приятель Гурова
Kirill Gun
чиновник
Yakov Gudkin
пассажир на пароходе (нет в титрах)
Mikhail Ivanov
портье
