Central Childrens

The film tells about the Central Children's Theater in Moscow. Fragments from performances, rehearsals. Playwright V.S. Rozov, writer S.V. Mikhalkov meet with young spectators. First part. Spectators in the hall, the presenter announces the start of the performance. The buffoons pass through the hall to the stage, dance. Actress Lyudmila Gnilova makes up before the performance. B / w c / t footage [1919]: homeless children eat in the street, count paper bills; early 1920s, Moscow, center, trams are going, passers-by are walking, a horse-drawn carriage is going; 1920s, Moscow, summer building of the Bolshoi Theater, trams and seedlings are passing by in the park in front of the theater; [1959], a fragment from the play "The Golden Key". Teachers lead students to the theater. Foyer, photographs of artists on the walls, exhibits in the windows. Schoolchildren in the lobby. Queue at the buffet, saleswomen at the counter. Cr.pl. - cakes and juices displayed on the tables. Writer S.V. Mikhalkov signs autographs for pioneers. Setting up the scenery before the show. Checking lighting fixtures. The spectators go into the hall, sit down. Fragments from the play "The First Three, or the Year 2001", starring the actress L. Gnilova, I. Muravyov and T. Shatilova. The second part of. Writer S.V. Mikhalkov on stage tells the story of the creation of the Central House of Theaters, addresses the young audience. Schoolchildren in the hall listen, applaud. Actress L. Gnilova in the dressing room reads letters from children, answers them. Director-teacher A.A. Nekrasov at the rehearsal. Actresses N. Egorova, L. Gnilova at the rehearsal. Playwright V.S. Rozov is watching the rehearsal from the audience. Rehearsal of the play "The Snow Queen", starring Gerda - L. Gnilov, Kai - M. Kupriyanova. Musicians in the orchestra pit. Letters and drawings of children are spread out on the table in the theater foyer. Fragments from the play "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish". Theater staff behind the scenes look at the stage. The dresser helps the actor to change clothes before going on stage. Fragment from the play "Girl and April" (starring Igor Losev - Yu Balmusov, Vary Mashko - N. Olenev). The third part. A lesson in the arts club at the theater - young people are discussing the heroes of the play. A panorama of the guys' faces. V.S. Rozov speaks to the guys in the arts club. A fragment from the play "Twenty Years Later", in the role of Kostya - A. Bordukov. Panorama of the audience in the hall. Fragment from the performances "Fairy Tales", "Ramayana", "Merry Dream". Fragment from the play "Italian Tragedy", starring T. Nadezhdina (Gemma) and E. Firsova (Zita). Fragment from the play "King Matt the First", in the role of King M. Kupriyanov.

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Scriptwriter N. Putintsev, consultant K.Ya. Shakh-Azizov, artist Y. Benin, composer Sh. Kallosh, sound engineer K. Bek-Nazarov, editor N. Kaspe, director of the painting L. Pushkin