Worth Seeing

If you like Chekhov, this film is worth seeing. It has many Chekhovian elements, plus the major theme of a stagnant, inactive pre-revolutionary Russian, like Oblomov. It's also interesting as a Russian film made during Brezhnev's Cold War era, which was also a period of stagnation.
However, as with much 19th century Russian Lit, there are a lot of characters & at times, it was confusing as to who the minor characters were and what their relationships were to the major characters.

For example, at the dinner scene, I wasn't sure who was the nouveau riche man who said he paid for everything and I wasn't curious enough to rewind to figure it out. However, I've seen the 1971 BBC Platonov and had the same experience: can't keep track of all the minor characters. Yet, this doesn't really matter because once the minors make their speeches, we understand how they move the story forward. So, I suppose my criticism is more with Chekhov than the film, but that too may be unfair since Chekhov never finished this play.