Fragments from performances with the participation of Evgeny Lebedev alternate with leisurely film observation of the actor in a home environment, in the dressing room, in the bustle before going on stage, after the performance. The film uses a chronicle of the celebration of E.A. Lebedev at the Academic Bolshoi Drama Theater during a gala evening dedicated to his 60th birthday.












The staff of the Academic Bolshoi Drama Theater greets E.A. Lebedev on stage during the celebration of his 60th anniversary.
The audience in the hall applauds, panorama of the hall.
Director Tovstonogov G.A. congratulates the hero of the day.
Tovstonogov talks about Evgeny Lebedev's acting work, his attitude to working on each role, about his creation of various stage images, talks about Lebedev as a great artist (synchronously).
The theater artists applaud Lebedev standing on stage during the celebration of his anniversary.
The puppet theater artists congratulate Lebedev with the help of their puppet characters, sing a congratulatory song (synchronously), faces of Lebedev and the theater artists.
Portrait of E.A. Lebedev.
Lebedev in his dressing room in front of the mirror putting on makeup.
The interior of Lebedev's workshop, wooden crafts on the walls and windowsills.
Photographs and friendly caricatures of Lebedev on the walls of the room.
Woodworking tools.
Lebedev processing a wooden blank.
Lebedev's works on the walls (panorama).
Lebedev performs Baba Yaga's monologue from the play "The Scarlet Flower" on stage (synchronously).
Panorama of a part of a river, Lebedev stands on the bank.
Morning river landscapes.
Lebedev stands on the bank and looks at the river.
Fragments of the play based on A.M. Gorky's play "The Petty Bourgeois" with Lebedev in the role of Bessemenov.
Lebedev's portrait on a theater poster.
Lebedev sits on a leather sofa.
Photographs of Lebedev in various roles.
Fragments of the play based on B. Brecht's play "The Career of Arturo Ui" with the participation of E.A. Lebedev and V.I. Strzhelchik.
Lebedev's portrait on a theater poster.
Newsreel of the filming of the feature film "The First Joys" Actors before filming.
The cameraman at the camera.
The costume designer adjusts the headdress of the actor playing the cab driver.
The face of the "cab driver".
Giving the command to begin filming the first take.
Lebedev during the filming of another scene.
Lebedev warms up backstage before going on stage in the play "The Story of a Horse".
Fragments from the play "The Story of a Horse" with Lebedev as Kholstomer, Lebedev delivers one of the monologues (synchronously).
Lebedev's portrait on a theater poster.
Lebedev enters his dressing room at the end of the play, sits in front of the mirror, and begins to remove his makeup.
Lebedev peels an orange while sitting in front of the mirror.
A photograph of Lebedev as a child with his parents.
Lebedev sits on a leather sofa in his apartment, a panorama of the window, a view from the window.
Lebedev Evgeny Alekseevich - theater and film actor
teacher Tovstonogov Georgy Aleksandrovich -- theater director and teacher Strzhelchik Vladislav Ignatyevich -- theater and film actor
teacher
1967
Leningrad