title: Theatrical Novel (film)
text: # Theatrical Novel (film)
  
  Theatrical Novel (Russian: Театральный роман) is a 2002 Russian comedy-drama film directed by Oleg Babitsky and Yury Goldin.
  
  ## Plot
  
  The film tells the story of the production of Bulgakov's play on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Igor Larin as Sergey Leontievich Maksudov
  * Maksim Sukhanov as Pyotr Bombardov / Ivan Vasilyevitch
  * Nikolay Chindyaykin
  * Valeriy Zolotukhin
  * Natalya Kolyakanova as Ludmila Silvestrovna Pryakhina
  * Emmanuil Vitorgan as Gavriil Stepanovich
  * Oksana Mysina as Poliksena Vasilyevna Toropetskaya
  * Valentin Smirnitskiy as Ivan Aleksandrovich Poltoratskyj
  * Dmitry Maryanov as Foma Strizh
  * Vyacheslav Grishechkin as Makar Rvatsky
  