This documentary directed by Saless is about Anton Pavlovich Chechov. He was a Russian short-story writer, playwright and physician, considered to be one of the greatest short-story writers in the history of world lite...展开rature. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics.Chekhov practiced as a doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress."