Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty"). The anti-hero Glumov tries to escape exposure in the midst of acrobatics, derring-do, and farcical clowning. Several members of Eisenstein's troupe at the legendary "Proletkult" stage theatre in Moscow briefly appear in this little film.
Director:
Grigori Aleksandrov
Glumov 2, Golutvin
Aleksandr Antonov
Joffre
Sergei Eisenstein
Self (takes bow at end)
Ivan Yazykanov
Glumov 1
Maksim Shtraukh
Milyukov-Mamaev
Vera Ianukova
Mamaeva
