Glumov's Diary

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Grigori Aleksandrov Glumov 2

Aleksandr Antonov Joffre

Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Eisenstein

Ivan Yazykanov Glumov 1

Maksim Shtraukh Milyukov-Mamaev