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
Aleksandr Antonov
as Joffre
Sergei Eisenstein
as Sergei Eisenstein
Ivan Yazykanov
as Glumov 1
Maksim Shtraukh
as Milyukov-Mamaev
Vera Yanukova
as Mamaeva
Mikhail Gomorov
as Turusina
Very Muzykant
as Mashenka
Ivan Pyryev
as Fascist Clown