title: The Admirer (2012 film)
text: # The Admirer (2012 film)
  
  The Admirer (Russian: Поклонница) is a 2012 Russian drama film directed by Vitaliy Melnikov.
  
  ## Plot
  
  The film tells about the relationship of the seriously ill Anton Chekhov with the married writer Lydia Avilova.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Kirill Pirogov
  * Svetlana Ivanova
  * Oleg Andreyev
  * Aleksandr Adabashyan
  * Ivan Krasko
  * Svetlana Kryuchkova
  * Dmitri Lunev
  * Oksana Mysina
  * Oleg Tabakov
  * Artem Yakovlev
  * Mariya Zhilchenko
  