Our Art (1998)

A stagehand at the Moscow Art Theatre wipes the frames of portraits hanging in the foyer.

Shadows of two men walking along the sidewalk.

An actress putting on makeup.

The stage lights come on, and the heroine of the play "The Blue Bird" walks by (combined photography).

A photo portrait of K.S. Stanislavsky in his youth.

A photograph of a table in the "Slavic Bazaar" restaurant.

A photograph by V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko.

Shadows of men walking along Nikolskaya Street.

A scene from the Moscow Art Theatre play "The Blue Bird", interspersed with newsreels of Moscow in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

A photograph of Nikolskaya Street in the late 19th century.

Photographs of the Hermitage Theatre building.

Newsreel: pedestrian, horse-drawn, and automobile traffic along the streets of Moscow in the 1910s and 1920s.

A sign with the name of Kamergersky Lane on the corner of the building.

A photograph of the theatre building on Kamergersky Lane.

The curtain rises.

A photograph of A.P. Chekhov on a table next to a bouquet of flowers.

A poster for a performance of Chekhov's "The Seagull" dated December 17, 1898. Photographs of scenes from the performance.

An interview with one of the oldest actresses of the Moscow Art Theatre.

Photographs of scenes from the performance in 1898. The curtain closes.

Photographs of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko among the theatre's artists, photographs of the artists during tours and various events in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

A photograph of A.M. Gorky.

Scenes from a performance of Gorky's play "The Lower Depths" alternate with photographs of Gorky with Stanislavsky and among the theatre's artists.

Newsreel from the early 2nd century: a military brass band playing.

Moscow Art Theatre artists dancing on the deck of a steamship.

Faces of the artists and passengers.

Passengers disembarking from a steamship.

Actors of the Moscow Art Theatre on the bank of the Volga during a river cruise, among them - Stanislavsky K.S. The face of Nemirovich-Danchenko.

Actors near the theatre building (panorama).

Fans greet the actors.

Fragments of scenes from performances.

A soldier knocks down symbols of autocracy from the building's façade with a rifle butt in February 1917. A demonstration on Nevsky Prospect during the February Revolution.

Dancing couples in a ballroom.

Reflection of a blossoming apple tree in the water.

The interior of one of the estates, shutters being closed outside.

Shadows of two men walking along the sidewalk.

Fragments of the performance "The Blue Bird".

Presentation of bouquets to Nemirovich-Danchenko.

View of a gala banquet.

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko during the banquet, faces of the actors raising toasts.

Nemirovich-Danchenko among fans.

Actors of the Moscow Art Theatre on stage during a theatrical skit.

Faces of Stanislavsky and actors of the theatre during a comic scene on a bench.

Columns of the demonstration in honor of the next anniversary of the October Revolution on the streets of Moscow in the late 1930s.

Interview of Khmelev N.P. about working on the role of Storozhev in the play "Earth" (synchronously), alternating with photographs of Khmelev in the role of Storozhev.

Kachalov V.I. reads a poem, photographs of actors of the Moscow Art Theatre during the performance of their roles.

Newspaper report on the premiere of the play "Anna Karenina" in the presence of Stalin I.V. Photographs of Stalin I.V., Voroshilov K.E., Molotov V.M., Kaganovich L.M. among the actors of the Moscow Art Theatre, published in newspapers.

Newsreel from 1937: Hammer and Sickle medals and Orders of Lenin in boxes before the award ceremony.

Moscow Art Theatre actors during the award ceremony, Stanislavsky K.S. adjusts the Order of Lenin presented to him.

The awarded actors of the theatre pin the awarded orders to their clothes.

Photographs of scenes from Moscow Art Theatre performances of the 1930s, costume sketches.

Photograph of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko with actors of the theatre.

Newsreel: Stanislavsky listens to actors reading a dialogue during a rehearsal of one of the performances.

Stanislavsky gives advice to actors (synchronously).

Stanislavsky works with actors of the theatre.

Interview with actor Prudkin M.I. about Stanislavsky (synchronously and behind the scenes), Photograph of Stanislavsky among actors, Prudkin in a photograph.

Interview with actress Zueva A.P. About Stanislavsky (synchronously).

Presentation of a bouquet of flowers to Stanislavsky at the train station.

Stanislavsky's face.

A glass of water on a table near a made bed.

A car with a funeral wreath drives along a Moscow street (above).

People enter the theater building to say goodbye to Stanislavsky in 1938. Nemirovich-Danchenko V.I. and theater actors at Stanislavsky's coffin.

Theater actors in the honor guard at Stanislavsky's coffin.

Stanislavsky in the coffin.

People walk past Stanislavsky's coffin.

Funeral wreath at the coffin.

Carrying out the coffin with Stanislavsky's body to be placed on the hearse.

Theater actors in a hearse with Stanislavsky's coffin.

Views of the funeral procession moving along the streets of Moscow, actors and theater management walk behind Stanislavsky's coffin.

Funeral meeting at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Nemirovich-Danchenko delivers a funeral speech.

Faces of theater actors during the funeral meeting.

A theater actor enters the dressing room with a bouquet of flowers after the performance.

A scene from the play "The Cherry Orchard", Gaev's monologue, newsreel alternates with filming of models of scenery for various theater performances.

A scene from the play with the participation of Tarasova A.K. Portrait of Stanislavsky in the Moscow Art Theater Museum.

Newsreel: theater actors during a banquet, including Nemirovich-Danchenko V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko puts on an Uzbek robe given to him.

Presentation of gifts to Nemirovich-Danchenko.

Entrance to the theater building in 1941. Theater actors at a drill training lesson.

Views of the auditorium.

Pendulum of the clock.

Removal of the urn with Nemirovich-Danchenko's ashes from the theater building in April 1943. Burial of the urn at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Panorama of the funeral meeting.

Fading lights in the foyer.

The theater emblem on the curtain.

Photograph of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko.

Shadows of two people walking down the street.

Fragment of the play "The Blue Bird".

The theater building in the late 1940s.

Portraits of theater actors in the foyer.

Interview with O.N. Efimov.

Newsreel: theater actors during a rest in the creative center.

Actor M.M. Tarkhanov in a hammock surrounded by theater actresses.

Actors dancing on the volleyball court in the recreation center, applauding their dancing colleagues.

The street at the entrance to the theater building in the late 1940s, people at the entrance to the theater.

Poster for the play "Green Street".

Scenes from the play with Livanov B.N. and Tarasova A.K. Applauding spectators.

Interview with Efimov O.N., fragments of plays from the late 1940s.

Newsreel: presidium of the ceremonial meeting in honor of the theater's anniversary (panorama), among those present: Knipper-Chekhova O.L. Tarkhanov delivering a speech.

Applauding participants of the meeting.

Rehearsal of one of the scenes of the new play.

Spectators in the hall applaud.

Actors in the theater foyer during the ceremonial event.

Curtain with the theater's emblem.

Ceremonial event on the occasion of the theater's anniversary in 1948. Actors walk onto the stage along the aisle of the hall.

The Bolshoi Theater delegation delivers congratulations, ballerina Geltser E.V. congratulates the Moscow Art Theater actors.

Singers Ivan Kozlovsky and Sergey Lemeshev perform a musical greeting from the stage during the celebration of the theater's anniversary, the presentation of gifts to the artists of the Moscow Art Theater by delegations of enterprises and union republics in connection with the anniversary, Knipper-Chekhova thanks the representative of the delegation of the Kazakh SSR. The artists and spectators applaud during the guests' performances.

Tarasova A.K. reads a greeting to Stalin from the stage.

The spectators and artists of the theater applaud.

Tarasova A.K. in one of the performances.

People at the box office of the Sovremennik Theater in the 1960s.

A lesson at the Moscow Art Theater School-Studio, the faces of Efremov O.N. and students.

The faces of the artists of the Sovremennik Theater in the photograph.

Interview with Efremov O.N. and Prudkin M.I. (alternation).

Efremov walking down the street in the 1970s.

Views of the theater building.

Efremov's arrival at the meeting with the actors.

Faces of Yanshin M.M., Zueva A.P., Miroshnichenko I., Kiriyenko Z., Estigneev E., Prudkin M. and other actors of the theatre.

Interview with one of the actors of the theatre.

Fragment of one of the performances.

Spectators in the hall applauding, faces of actors bowing.

Efremov behind the wheel of a car.

Poster of the performance "Steelworkers" in 1974. People at the entrance to the theatre before the evening performance.

Scene from the performance "Steelworkers".

Faces of the participants of the meeting.

Efremov behind the wheel of a car.

Photographs of scenes of the performance based on Shatrov's play "So We Will Win!", placed on a stand in the foyer.

Fragment of the performance with the participation of Kalyagin A. in the role of V.I. Lenin.

Applauding spectators.

Kalyagin among the actors on stage after the performance.

Portrait of Efremov in his office.

Efremov driving a car.

Newsreel from 1973: portraits of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko on stage during the celebration of the theater's 75th anniversary.

Theater veterans walk to the stage to applause.

Members of the congratulatory delegations walk along the aisle to the stage, the actors accept congratulations.

Views of the stage and the auditorium during the ovation given to the actors.

Efremov delivers a speech from the stage (synchronously and off-screen).

Actor Gribov A. during makeup application.

Actors put on makeup and put on costumes before the performance.

Fragments of performances, faces of actors involved in scenes.

Actors come out to take a bow.

Panorama of boxes with applauding spectators.

Efremov driving a car.

A clock and a painting in Efremov's office.

Efremov smokes a cigarette.

Efremov's interview.

Newsreel: Efremov during a meeting of theater actors in 1987, during the division of the theater.

Efremov's face is seen speaking. M.I. Prudkin's speech. I. Smoktunovsky speaks. I. Savvina during a meeting.

Efremov speaks at a meeting, the faces of I. Miroshnichenko, E. Evstigneev during Efremov's speech.

Faces of actresses.

Shadows of two men on the asphalt.

Fragment of the play "The Blue Bird".

Fragments and photographs of scenes from plays, photographs of theater actors (alternating photographs and newsreels).

The audience in the hall applauds.

An hourglass on the table, Efremov during a rehearsal.

Views of New York streets, theater actors in a bus during a tour in the USA, the face of the actor Nevinny V. Newsreel: Stanislavsky in the USA during the Moscow Art Theater tour in 1926. Theater actors during a banquet.

Stanislavsky makes a speech at a banquet.

Theater actors at a banquet table.

American fans at a car greet the Moscow Art Theater actors, the car with the actors starts moving.

Views of the auditorium.

Efremov during a rehearsal, actors rehearse on stage before a performance during a tour in the USA. Views of New York streets at night, illuminated advertising on buildings.

American spectators go to the performance, give interviews before the start of the performance.

Fragment of the performance "Three Sisters".

The spectators applaud, the actors bow from the stage.

The actors give interviews after the performance, among them - Lyubshin S., Sotnikova V. Savvina I. accepts congratulations from American fans.

Panorama of skyscrapers of New York at night.

View of the theater building in Moscow.

Presentation of awards to the actors of the theater.

Efremov presents an award to Myagkov A. Efremov leaves the foyer into the street.

Efremov's interview.

Fragment of the exposition of the theater museum.

Efremov and actors of the Moscow Art Theater at the Novodevichy Cemetery near the graves of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko.

Actors lay flowers on the graves of their colleagues on the stage.

Shadows of two men walking along the sidewalk.

Fragment of the play "The Blue Bird".

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