Glumov's Diary

1923 · Directed by Sergei Eisenstein · 5 min · comedy film, commedia dell'arte, silent film

★ 5.1/10 · 45 ratings on TMDB

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.