Glumov's Diary

Glumov's Diary

5 mins | Comedy, Fantasy | May 21, 1923

Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty"). The anti-hero Glumov tries to escape exposure in the midst of acrobatics, derring-do, and farcical clowning. Several members of Eisenstein's troupe at the legendary "Proletkult" stage theatre in Moscow briefly appear in this little film.

Glumov's Diary

5 mins | Comedy, Fantasy | May 21, 1923

Glumov's Diary
Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty"). The anti-hero Glumov tries to escape exposure in the midst of acrobatics, derring-do, and farcical clowning. Several members of Eisenstein's troupe at the legendary "Proletkult" stage theatre in Moscow briefly appear in this little film.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Proletkult
Original title Дневник Глумова
Directors Sergei Eisenstein
Writers

Cast

Grigori Aleksandrov

as Glumov 2, Golutvin

Aleksandr Antonov

as Joffre

Sergei Eisenstein

as Himself (takes bow at end)

Ivan Yazykanov

as Glumov 1