The film is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the famous theater director K.S. Stanislavsky. The film tells about the creative path of the director, the creation of the Moscow Art Theater and the most significant theater productions. The film uses materials from the State Film Fund and the State Film and Photo Archive.
Stormy waves.
Tree branches sway in the wind.
A candle is burning, a lantern is burning outside the window.
A dark room.
Interior details, theater posters on the floor.
A candle on the table burns and goes out.
The house where K.S. Stanislavsky was born, a winter blizzard.
A lighted window.
A candle is burning on the table.
Dissolve: a candle, a birch grove.
The theater wing in the Lyubimovka estate.
Portraits on the walls.
A celebration on Ivan Kupala Night in the forest.
Excerpts from a circus performance.
Spectators in a box.
A fragment of a theater production.
Actors backstage.
Crews in front of the entrance to the theater.
A photograph of K.S. Stanislavsky as a child.
A fragment of the play "The Blue Bird".
Photograph.
The theater wing.
Dressing room.
The façade of the wing.
Diary pages.
Running line: a diary entry.
The curtain opens.
Photographs of K.S. Stanislavsky against the backdrop of a toy stage.
The curtain closes.
Crimea Moscow Moscow region
Summer Winter
Dance from the comic opera "The Mikado, or the Town of Titipu".
Photograph.
Dissolve: photograph, rotating umbrella.
Stills from a feature film: audience in a theater auditorium, applause.
Hall lighting.
Dissolve: highlights, photographs of famous theater figures.
Photographs of composers.
Painting by V.A. Serov "Girl with Peaches". S.I. Mamontov's estate in Abramtsevo, living room in the house-museum.
Photograph.
Collections of plays.
Photograph.
Paintings.
A photograph is closed in a desk drawer.
Stills from the feature film "The Miserly Knight" (1958, directed by G.V. Christie).
Dissolve: illustrations for the play, gold coins.
Director's desk.
Arrangement of scenery and actors on stage.
Stills from silent feature films, examples of overacting emotions.
Actors on stage.
Photograph of K.S. Stanislavsky against the wall of a room.
Search for solutions for the scene using the example of the living room in M.N. Ermolova's house (furniture rearrangement, people appearing and disappearing during rehearsals).
Pages of the director's copy of P.P. Gnedich's play "Burning Letters".
Running line: an entry in a diary.
Director's albums of K.S. Stanislavsky.
Photographs of Venice.
Photographs for the production of "Othello".
Cartoon: a drawing in a notebook.
Pages of a book.
Stills from the feature film "Othello" (1952, directed by D.O. Wells).
Director's copy of the tragedy with edits.
Photograph of K.S. Stanislavsky in character.
Moscow Moscow region
Stones on a slope.
Dissolve: stones, drawings by K.S. Stanislavsky.
Set design for the fairy tale by G.I.R. Hauptmann "The Drowned Bell".
Photograph.
Restaurant "Slavic Bazaar".
Table in the office.
Notebook entries.
Silhouettes in the window.
Notebook, glasses and a glass on the table.
Stills from a feature film: a horse-drawn carriage on country roads, natural landscapes.
Place of the first meeting of the Moscow Art Theatre troupe in Pushkino.
Group photo.
Monastery buildings.
Old household items, clothes, jewelry, armor.
Cathedral.
Photographs of the play based on A.K. Tolstoy's "Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich".
Fragment of the play.
Dissolve: theater poster, bells ringing.
Group photo of the actors with K.S. Stanislavsky and V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko.
Alternation: autumn park, falling leaves, people on a walk, views from the window.
Table clock and burning candles.
Raindrops on glass.
Views of K.S. Stanislavsky's office.
Pages of A.P. Chekhov's play "The Seagull" with the director's drawings and notes. O.L. Knipper-Chekhov recalls.
Seagull over the sea.
Moskvin I.M. -- actor
theatre director
master of artistic words
People's Artist of the USSR. Orlov V.A. -- theater and film actor
teacher
People's Artist of the USSR. Yelanskaya K.N. -- theater and film actress
People's Artist of the USSR. Knipper-Chekhova O.L. -- actress
People's Artist of the USSR.
Moscow Moscow region
Autumn
A seagull flies over the sea.
Views of Yalta. A.P. Chekhov's dacha.
Rooms of the house-museum.
Photographs from the performance based on A.P. Chekhov's play "Uncle Vanya".
Theatre curtain.
Seagulls fly over the sea.
Swings in the night garden.
A photograph of the writer in his study.
Burning candles and the play "Three Sisters".
Statuettes on the table.
Stills from a feature film: a man walks down the street, people warm themselves by fires (a story about the winter tour of the Moscow Art Theatre in St.
Petersburg).
Drawing by K.S. Stanislavsky.
Dissolve: images of K.S. Stanislavsky, newspaper pages.
Stills from a feature film: a sleigh drives down the street, people try to break through a police barrier.
Portrait of A.M. Gorky.
Album with photographs for the play "The Lower Depths".
Fragment of the performance.
Vishnevsky A.L. (Vishnevetsky) -- Russian actor
one of the founders of the Moscow Art Theatre
Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Kachalov V.I. -- actor
People's Artist of the USSR. Popov V.A. - theater and film actor. Popova V.N. -- theater actress
People's Artist of the RSFSR. Cheban A.I. -- actor
director
People's Artist of the RSFSR. Orlov V.A.
Crimea
Summer
Photograph of K.S. Stanislavsky in character.
Stills from a feature film: people trying to break through a police barrier, a crush.
Storm at sea.
Waves washing up on the shore.
A man walking along the shore.
Coastal boulders.
Clouds over the sea.
Influx: portrait of K.S. Stanislavsky, sea surf.
Sea waves.
Stills from theatrical performances.
Children playing on the seashore.
View of the shore from the forest.
Books.
Notes on the pages of M.S. Shchepkin’s book.
Running line: an entry in a diary.
Photographs.
Photograph of A.M. Gorky against the background of the sea.
Fragment of the play “The Blue Bird”.
A man walking along the seashore.
Fragment of the play “The Blue Bird”. K.S. Stanislavsky in the newsreel.
Theater curtain.
Cartoon: moving drawings.
Illustration for I.S. Turgenev’s play “A Month in the Country”.
Photographs of the performance.
Photos of K.S. Stanislavsky's hands, a story about the nuances of the images he created.
Photos of K.S. Stanislavsky in different roles. K.S. Stanislavsky in the chronicle: the director reading a newspaper.
Stanislavsky K.S. -- actor
theatre director
teacher
theatre reformer
People's Artist of the USSR.
Crimea
Summer
Stills from a feature film: troops in the streets, soldiers reading theatre posters, spectators in the auditorium.
The finale of the play "The Cherry Orchard".
Applause.
The windows in the scenery are closing.
Stills from a feature film: the revolutionary events of 1917. A man playing the piano.
Rooms of K.S. Stanislavsky's Moscow house.
Portrait of F.I. Shalyapin.
Notes of K.S. Stanislavsky.
A room in the director's house.
A theatre hall.
Dissolve: characters from A.N. Ostrovsky's play "Ardent Heart", stills from the play.
A theatre hall. I.M. Tarkhanov narrates.
Fragments of two different productions of "Ardent Heart".
Sketches for the production of "The Marriage of Figaro".
Stepanova A.I. -- theater and film actress
teacher
People's Artist of the USSR
Hero of Socialist Labor. Tarkhanov I.M. -- Soviet theater and film actor
director
Honored Artist of the RSFSR
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Yanshin M.M. -- Soviet theater and film actor
theatre director
People's Artist of the RSFSR and the USSR. Gribov A.N. -- Soviet theater and film actor
People's Artist of the RSFSR and the USSR
Hero of Socialist Labor.
Moscow
Photograph.
Dissolve: a scene from the play based on V.V. Ivanov's "Armored Train 14-69", the characters' faces.
Fragment of the play.
Applause from the audience. K.S. Stanislavsky is presented with flowers.
Lanterns on the facade of the theatre.
Entrance to the theatre.
Corridors of the Moscow Art Theatre.
Curtain.
Spotlights.
Lighting engineer at work.
Props room.
Exit to the stage.
A stagehand gives the signal.
Wooden floor.
Musical instruments and music stands.
Bells. K.S. Stanislavsky's room in the theatre.
Protocol of the play.
Running line: director's notes.
Emblem of the Moscow Art Theatre.
Invitation to the 30th anniversary of the theatre.
Chronicle of 1928: People walk into the foyer. K.S. Stanislavsky and V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko accept congratulations.
Actors and guests of the theatre at a banquet.
A gathering of students from the Moscow Art Theatre studios in front of the theatre building.
Photographs. K.S. Stanislavsky among his friends and colleagues.
Photograph.
A man puts away his suit.
Costumes and props in K.S. Stanislavsky's room.
A man leaves the room, closes the door and leaves.
The door opens.
Rooms of the K.S. Stanislavsky House-Museum.
Nemirovich-Danchenko V.I. -- theater director and critic
teacher
playwright
writer
People's Artist of the USSR. Leonidov L.M. (Wolfenzon) -- Soviet actor
director
Honored Artist of the RSFSR
People's Artist of the RSFSR and the USSR
Doctor of Art History. Koreneva L.M. -- Soviet actress
People's Artist of the RSFSR. Raevskaya E.M. -- Russian actress
one of the founders of the fourth studio of the Moscow Art Theatre. K.S. Stanislavsky. Moskvin I.M. Knipper-Chekhova O.L. Kachalov V.I. Vishnevsky A.L.
1928
Moscow
Footage from a newsreel: K.S. Stanislavsky rehearses Moliere's play "Tartuffe" at home.
Rooms in the director's home.
The curtain rises, the window opens.
Footage from the 1930s: The return of the Chelyuskinites, a motorcade guarded by mounted police moves along Tverskaya Street.
A cannon salvo.
Airplanes in the sky.
People on the streets of Madrid.
Spanish soldiers.
Moscow metro workers.
Moscow residents. V.P. Chkalov with colleagues.
An airplane takes off over a field.
Members of I.D. Papanin's expedition to the North Pole.
View from the window.
Covered furniture.
A lamp is lit.
Manuscripts of K.S. Stanislavsky.
Footage from a newsreel: the director works with texts.
Dissolve: manuscript by K.S. Stanislavsky, book by I.P. Pavlov, director’s notes on works by I.M. Sechenov.
Manuscript opens.
Running line: diary entry.
Texts with edits.
Repository of K.S. Stanislavsky’s manuscripts.
Photographs.
Chronicle of 1938: K.S. Stanislavsky is congratulated on his 75th birthday.
Festive tea party in the director’s apartment. K.S. Stanislavsky with his wife.
Photographs. K.S. Stanislavsky and M.P. Lilina among the guests.
Covered furniture.
A lamp is lit, K.S. Stanislavsky’s manuscripts are placed on the table.
Footage from the chronicle: the director works with texts.
The Moscow Art Theatre celebrates K.S. Stanislavsky’s centenary.
Theatre and public figures speak at the podium. V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko is at the microphone.
Chronicle of different years, statements about K.S. Stanislavsky are heard: A.M. Gorky and R. Rolland. D.B. Shaw. E.M. Hemingway. C.S. Chaplin.
Japanese actor of the kabuki theater in the dressing room and on the stage. M.S. Redgrave on the stage. E. De Filippo at a meeting with Moscow actors.
Actors congratulate J. Vilar.
Alternation: applause from the audience, scenes from the performances.
Actors come out to take bows, congratulate, present flowers. K.S. Stanislavsky.
Scene from the play "The Blue Bird".
Seagulls over the sea.
K.S. Stanislavsky. Nemirovich-Danchenko V.I. Chkalov V.P. -- test pilot
Hero of the Soviet Union. Papanin I.D. -- polar explorer
Doctor of Geographical Sciences
Rear Admiral
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Lilina M.P. -- theater actress
People's Artist of the RSFSR
wife of K.S. Stanislavsky. Rolland R. -- French writer
public figure
musicologist
Foreign Honorary Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Nobel Prize laureate in literature 1915. Gorky A.M. -- writer
editor
publicist. Shaw D.B. -- Irish playwright
writer
one of the founders of the London School of Economics and Political Science
Nobel Prize laureate in literature 1925. Hemingway E.M. -- American writer
journalist
Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (1954). Chaplin C.S. -- American and English film actor
screenwriter
director
producer
composer. Redgrave M.S. -- British theater and film actor
writer. De Filippo E. - Italian comedian
actor
director. Vilar J. -- French theater director
founder of the Avignon Theatre Festival.
01.1938 04.1934 1930s
Moscow Madrid Arctic
Winter Spring