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.
Григорий Александров
as Glumov 2, Golutvin
Александр Антонов
as Joffre
Сергей Эйзенштейн
as Self (takes bow at end)
Иван Языканов
as Glumov 1
Максим Штраух
as Milyukov-Mamaev
Vera Ianukova
as Mamaeva
