Old new Moscow Art Theatre (1988)

Architectural elements of the Moscow Art Theatre building.

The theatre foyer after restoration.

The technical services control room.

A crowd of people near the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre building (evening).

The auditorium before the performance.

An evening dedicated to the anniversary of K.S. Stanislavsky.

Oleg Efremov speaks (synchronously) on stage at the microphone.

Red carnations.

A photograph of K.S. Stanislavsky.

Newsreel from the 1930s: Konstantin Stanislavsky (close-up).

Actress Angelina Stepanova at the editing table, reminiscing (off-screen and synchronously) about Stanislavsky and his colleagues at the theatre.

Newsreel from the 1930s: Konstantin Stanislavsky, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko at the table with actors of the Moscow Art Theatre (Ivan Moskvin, Vasily Kachalov, Maria Lilina and others).

The film moves through the mechanism of the editing table.

There is a sign on the doors of the theatre: "Quiet!

Rehearsal in progress." Actors at the table, analysis of the play.

Oleg Efremov enters the door, sits down at the table, and talks (synchronously) about his meeting with the theatre designer.

Efremov discusses the play with the actors of the theatre.

Newsreel from the 1930s: Konstantin Stanislavsky rehearses with an actress at the table, they talk (synchronously).

Oleg Efremov (off-screen and synchronously) tells the story of one of the productions of the Moscow Art Theatre.

General view of the premises, actors at the table.

Empty foyer of the theatre.

Wall with photographs of the actors.

The auditorium of the Chelovek Theatre Studio.

Spectators before the performance.

A fragment of the performance "Emigrants".

The actors talk (synchronously) about their departure from the Moscow Art Theatre.

The spectators talk (synchronously and off-screen) about the actors of the Chelovek Theatre who came from the Moscow Art Theatre.

A view of Moscow from above.

The Moscow Art Theatre building, cars driving by, pedestrians walking.

Interviews with people on the street (synchronously and off-screen) about the current state of the Moscow Art Theatre.

A meeting of the theatre troupe, Oleg Efremov speaking (synchronously and off-screen).

Actor Innokenty Smoktunovsky listening.

Vice-Rector of the Moscow Art Theatre School Anatoly Smelyansky speaking (synchronously and off-screen).

Theatre actors: Stanislav Lyubshin, Anastasia Vertinskaya, Angelina Stepanova.

Photographs: V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko, K.S. Stanislavsky, actors of the Moscow Art Theatre.

Newsreel from 1973: jubilee evening in honor of the 75th anniversary of the theatre, applauding.

Oleg Efremov speaking.

Theatre veterans sitting on the stage: Mikhail Yanshin, Olga Androvskaya, Pavel Massalsky, Mark Prudkin, Anastasia Zueva and others. O.N. Efremov speaks (synchronously) about the significance of the Moscow Art Theatre.

Newsreel from the 1970s: people near the theatre building in the evening.

Fragment of the performance with the participation of actor Yevgeny Yevstigneyev.

Interview with Oleg Efremov (synchronously) about contemporary playwrights.

Photo portrait of A. Chekhov on the table.

People enter the Moscow Art Theatre building.

Actresses in theatrical costumes.

A hairdresser adjusts an actress's hair.

Candles on a candlestick.

View of the stage from the technical support room.

Utility rooms of the theatre.

Actor Oleg Tabakov in his dressing room.

Tabakov's interview (synchronously) about his fellow actors.

Posters and photographs of performances from different years: "The Cherry Orchard", "The Lower Depths", "Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich" and others.

Actresses walk through the utility room.

Dressing room, an actress sits in front of a mirror.

Continuation of Oleg Tabakov's interview.

Students of the theatre institute rehearse with the English director Brian Cox.

A student says (synchronously) why he will not go to work at the Moscow Art Theatre.

A female student speaks (synchronously and off-screen) about the situation at the Moscow Art Theatre.

Oleg Efremov rehearses with the actors.

Interview with O.N. Efremova (synchronously) on the revival of the theater.

Efremova at a rehearsal with the actors on stage, goes into the hall, sits down at the director's table.

Efremova and the actors sit on chairs in the hall, talking.

Panorama of the chief director's office.

The movement of the pendulum of the floor scales.

The emblem of the Moscow Art Theater.