Here's a discussion of this film
City Cinematheque, which is a production of The City College of the City University of New York (CUNY), recently showed this film & a Russian literature/film Professor gave a talk on it.
Very interesting:
City Cinematheque: Anthony Anemone on "The Shooting Party"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DcLfp-20WMo
http://www.cuny.tv/show/citycinematheque/PR2000439
I really enjoyed this film: it's Chekhov & a great story, a 1977 film done in Soviet Russia, good acting, enjoyable cinematography & very easy sub-titles. Check out the Chekhov!