Travesty
| State: | Completed |
| Genre: | Melodrama |
| Running time: | 90 min. |
| Director: | Stanislav Mitin |
| Script by: | Igor Ageev |
| Cinematography by: | Valery Myulgaut |
| Music by: | Andrey Semenov |
| Produced by: | Sergey Karataev, Victor Umnov, Marina Fokina, Leonard Yanovsky |
| Production: | Intra Communications, Inc.®/ TV and Radio Company «Petersburg-Channel 5» (Russia) |
| Year: | 2006 |
Cast:
Ilya Noskov
Anna Astrakhantseva
Sergey Migitsko
Olga Volkova
Andrey Urgant
Amid an emotional conflict with his professor, a talented young graduate of the prestige St. Petersburg theatrical studio Sergey Malanko signs a contract with a provincial youth theater and suddenly leaves for a rural town of Tourukansk. His fellow actor friends are stunned by this impulsive decision.
Frustrated with monotonous and uneventful life of a small town Sergey soon tries to escape back to St. Petersburg but is trapped by his contract with the youth theater.
In a desperate search for the way out Sergey has been advised by fellow actress to seduce the leading actress Irina Barysheva and manipulate her into leaving the theater. Irina’s departure would spell the disaster and jeopardize the entire season. Fearing the impending catastrophe the despotic theater director agrees to cancel Sergey’s contract.
Finally Sergey is free to return to St. Petersburg where he is invited to join a famous theater group but unexpectedly for everyone Sergey’s fling with Irina develops into a real, sincere and uncalculated romance.
Frustrated with monotonous and uneventful life of a small town Sergey soon tries to escape back to St. Petersburg but is trapped by his contract with the youth theater.
In a desperate search for the way out Sergey has been advised by fellow actress to seduce the leading actress Irina Barysheva and manipulate her into leaving the theater. Irina’s departure would spell the disaster and jeopardize the entire season. Fearing the impending catastrophe the despotic theater director agrees to cancel Sergey’s contract.
Finally Sergey is free to return to St. Petersburg where he is invited to join a famous theater group but unexpectedly for everyone Sergey’s fling with Irina develops into a real, sincere and uncalculated romance.
