Soviet theater today. (1975)

In the film, filmed rehearsals and thoughts on art theater directors, show fragments of performances.

The film features the filming: the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Maly Theater, the costumes for the play "Mystery-Bouffe" sketches for decorations performances "Armored Train 14-69", "Optimistic Tragedy", "Young Guard", visiting artists Moscow Art Theater.

Gorky, headed by O. Yefremov Moscow Metallurgical Plant "Hammer and Sickle" rehearsal "Steelworkers" audience in the theater, the audience in the auditorium at the Maly Theater play "Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich," rehearsal "Protocol one meeting" at the Bolshoi Drama Theatre.

Gorky.

GA Tovstonogov present at the rehearsal.

The audience at the performance of the Leningrad Youth Theater "Poteshki."

Rehearsal of "Romeo and Juliet" in the Moscow theater studio on Krasnaya Presnya.

Group Theatre actors.

Auezova in the office of chief director of the theater.

Types of Tartu.

Students in the classroom GITISa perform sketches, engaged in stage movement, playing a scene from "Enemies".

Director of the theater "Contemporary" G. Volchek rehearses with actress E. Koreneva.

Rehearsal at Taganka Theater under the direction of Yuri Lyubimov scenes from the play "The Dawns Here Are Quiet". (Synchronous rehearsals)

The film features performances fragments: "Steelworkers", "Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich," "Philistines", "Bug", "The Man with the side", "Romeo and Juliet", "Goats and Bayan Korneshov Force," "With a song along the village" "The Rainmaker," "Spartacus" and others (all simultaneously)