Classes (1967)

Game frames: a pattern on the veil.

An actor in the role of a conductor.

Students of directing courses before the start of classes.

The actor performs a pantomime.

People's Artist of the RSFSR M.O. Knebel begins the lesson, gives the task to the listeners Synchronously and behind the scenes).

The faces of the listeners.

Listeners perform a task, play an impromptu scene with a hat, a doll and glass, the faces of the listeners.

The listeners act out a scene with the movements of a doll.

Knebel analyzes and analyzes the sketches played by the listeners, points out mistakes and talks about ways to convey the meaning of the sketch to the viewer, gives advice, clarifies the names of the listeners in the magazine (synchronously and off-screen), the faces of the listeners.

The faces of the listeners, Knebel behind the scenes explains the meaning and purpose of the next given stage sketch.

A listener from Spain begins to portray a rabbit on the stage looking for a lost grain.

One of the listeners, a Spaniard, expresses his opinion about the performance of the rabbit scene, at the request of the teacher, the performer expresses his opinion in Spanish (synchronously), the evaluation of the performance sounds behind the scenes.

The Spaniard jokes in Russian, everyone laughs.

Knebel tells the audience about the meeting with Stanislavsky (synchronously).

Students of the courses perform mimic scenes.

Honored Artist of the RSFSR A.A. Goncharov explains to the audience the plot and the super task before they begin performing a theatrical sketch (synchronously).

Listeners are playing a sketch in front of Goncharov.

Goncharov's face, watching the performance of the sketch.

The audience continues the sketch, Goncharov gives advice on the course of the scene, the face of a laughing Goncharov.

The faces of the listeners, behind the scenes, Goncharov's remarks to the performance of the skit sound.

Goncharov explains to the audience the techniques of directing individual scenes, talks about the structure of a separate sketch, about the tasks of a theater director, about giving the artist creative freedom in the performance of the role (synchronously and behind the scenes), the faces of the listeners.

The performance of another mimic scene.

The face of director A.V. Efros, watching the performance of another theatrical sketch.

Listeners perform an etude.

Efros analyzes the executed sketch, points out mistakes, speaks about the secondary importance of the actor's skill and the primacy of his play, conveyed to the viewer, about the importance of a direct look at life in acting, about preserving one's human self in artistic education, about the creative use of the Stanislavsky system, about the types of acting, about the perception of various directing systems, about the absence of static in art (synchronously and behind the scenes), the faces of listeners.

Efros' face.

The actor finishes playing the role of conductor, the curtain falls.

Game frames: a pattern on the veil.

An actor in the role of a conductor.

Students of directing courses before the start of classes.

The actor performs a pantomime.

People's Artist of the RSFSR M.O. Knebel begins the lesson, gives the task to the listeners Synchronously and behind the scenes).

The faces of the listeners.

Listeners perform a task, play an impromptu scene with a hat, a doll and glass, the faces of the listeners.

The listeners act out a scene with the movements of a doll.

Knebel analyzes and analyzes the sketches played by the listeners, points out mistakes and talks about ways to convey the meaning of the sketch to the viewer, gives advice, clarifies the names of the listeners in the magazine (synchronously and off-screen), the faces of the listeners.

The faces of the listeners, Knebel behind the scenes explains the meaning and purpose of the next given stage sketch.

A listener from Spain begins to portray a rabbit on the stage looking for a lost grain.

One of the listeners, a Spaniard, expresses his opinion about the performance of the rabbit scene, at the request of the teacher, the performer expresses his opinion in Spanish (synchronously), the evaluation of the performance sounds behind the scenes.

The Spaniard jokes in Russian, everyone laughs.

Knebel tells the audience about the meeting with Stanislavsky (synchronously).

Students of the courses perform mimic scenes.

Honored Artist of the RSFSR A.A. Goncharov explains to the audience the plot and the super task before they begin performing a theatrical sketch (synchronously).

Listeners play a sketch in front of Goncharov.

Goncharov's face, watching the performance of the sketch.

The audience continues the sketch, Goncharov gives advice on the course of the scene, the face of a laughing Goncharov.

The faces of the listeners, behind the scenes, Goncharov's remarks to the performance of the skit sound.

Goncharov explains to the audience the techniques of directing individual scenes, talks about the structure of a separate sketch, about the tasks of a theater director, about giving the artist creative freedom in performing the role (synchronously and off-screen), the faces of the listeners.

The performance of another mimic scene.

The face of director A.V. Efros, watching the performance of another theatrical sketch.

Listeners perform an etude.

Efros analyzes the executed sketch, points out mistakes, speaks about the secondary importance of the actor's skill and the primacy of his play, conveyed to the viewer, about the importance of a direct look at life in acting, about preserving one's human self in artistic education, about the creative use of the Stanislavsky system, about the types of acting, about the perception of various directing systems, about the absence of static in art (synchronously and behind the scenes), the faces of listeners.

Efros' face.

The actor finishes playing the role of conductor, the curtain falls.