Glumov's Diary

May 21, 1923

0h 5m

★ 5.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Fantasy

Comedy

Production Companies

Proletkult

Glumov's Diary Trailers

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Cast

Glumov 2, Golutvin

Grigori Aleksandrov

Joffre

Aleksandr Antonov

Self (takes bow at end)

Sergei Eisenstein

Glumov 1

Ivan Yazykanov

Milyukov-Mamaev

Maksim Shtraukh

Mamaeva

Vera Ianukova

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