The Grasshopper (1955)
April 1, 1955Release Date
The Grasshopper (1955)
April 1, 1955Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
Olga Dymova
Sergei Bondarchuk
Dr. Osip Dymov
Vladimir Druzhnikov
Ryabovsky
Yevgeni Teterin
Dr. Fedor Lukich Korostylev
Georgi Georgiu
Uzdechkin
Mikhail Gluzskiy
Burkin
Anatoli Aleksin
Drug Olgi
Anatoliy Bobrovskiy
Drug Olgi
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Release DateApril 1, 1955
Original NameПопрыгунья
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
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The Grasshopper (Russian: Попрыгунья, romanized: Poprygunya) is a 1955 Soviet drama film directed by Samson Samsonov based on a short story of the same title by Anton Chekhov. It was nominated for a BAFTA award for Best Film in 1957.The lead character is said to be based on Sofia Kuvshinnikova who although married to another was until 1890 living with the painter Isaac Levitan in the town of Plyos where Sofia was improving her painting skills.
Chekhov wrote The Grasshopper shortly after this time when the couple had returned. Chekhov was a close friend of Sofia's and may have had strong affections for her. The story was a way of criticizing her betrayal, both of him and her innocent husband, and created a small scandal. According to the memoirs of Chekhov's brother, Mikhail, the situation almost led to a duel with Levitan, but it was avoided thanks to the intercession of a mutual friend, Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik.
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