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.
Grigori Aleksandrov
as Glumov 2, Golutvin
Aleksandr Antonov
as Joffre
Sergei Eisenstein
as Self (takes bow at end)
Ivan Yazykanov
as Glumov 1
Maksim Shtraukh
as Milyukov-Mamaev
Vera Ianukova
as Mamaeva