Around the USSR №232-1988 House (1988)

Actors on stage.

Group photo of actors of the Moscow Theatre-Studio under the direction of Oleg Tabakov.

Backstage areas of the theatre. O.P. Tabakov speaks on the phone Fragment of the play: soldiers in the barracks doing push-ups.

Tabakov talks with assistants.

Parallel editing of scenes from the play and working moments of the backstage life of the theatre-studio.

Actors talk, change clothes.

Actor Sergei Gazarov sits with his eyes closed.

Tabakov in the office.

Musician with a violin in his hands.

Actors in the dressing room talk.

Actress sits in front of the mirror.

Rehearsal of the play on stage.

Maximilian Schell stages the play at the Tabakov Theatre-Studio, talks with the actors through an interpreter.

Actress Evdokia Germanova on stage.

Oleg Tabakov prepares for the play, puts on a costume and a wig.

Newsreel from the 1930s: Konstantin Stanislavsky and the actors of his theatre perform a humorous scene.

In the theatre, the actors are dressing and putting on make-up before the performance. O.P. Tabakov is talking on the phone at his desk in his office.

Fragments of the performance.

Tabakov is talking to the actors in the dressing room.

Backstage areas, people are smoking, relaxing, sleeping.

Evdokia Germanova is performing a character dance on stage.