Glumov’s Diary (1923) movie

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 (1923) movie Genre: Comedy Production Co: Proletkult Directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein Produced by Aleksandr Khanzhonkov Cinematography by Boris Frantsisson Cast: Grigori Aleksandrov as Glumov 2, Golutvin Aleksandr Antonov as Joffre Sergei M. Eisenstein as Himself (takes bow at end) Mikhail Gomorov as Turusina Junior Inkizhinov as Small child Vera Muzykant as Mashenka, Mary McLack Ivan Pyrev as Fascist clown Maksim Shtraukh as Milyukov-Mamaev Vera Yanukova as Mamaeva Ivan Yazykanov as Glumov 1