From the Theatrical Life of Semyon Stanislavsky

The film tells about the driver of the Nyurba State Mobile Drama Theater S.V. Stanislavsky. First part. Yakut ASSR, pos. Nyurba. Village view. Residential one-story houses. Smoke over the chimneys of houses. Local residents go to the village along the road in a snow-covered field. Village street. Antennas over the rooftops. A man riding a deer rides along the street of the village. The chief director of the Nyurba State Mobile Theater, S.I. Streltsov, is talking to the actor on the stairs in the theater (synchronously, in the Yakut language). Actors put on make-up before the performance. Theater driver SI Stanislavsky in the auditorium talks about himself, about his work in the theater (synchronously). Workers are assembling the scenery for the performance on the theater stage. The actor in the dressing room plays the accordion (synchronously). Stage ramp. The curtain opens. Actors in the rehearsal room for a lesson on the culture of speech (synchronously). The actors tidy up their costumes before the show. The chief director of the theater S.I. Streltsov conducts a rehearsal with actors on stage (synchronously, in Yakut). Sergei Stanislavsky is present at the rehearsal in the hall. The theater's bus passes along the highway, on the road to the field, along the street of the village in the daytime and in the evening. Actors in the bus. Theater driver S.I. Stanislavsky in the cockpit behind the wheel of a bus. SI Stanislavsky repairs a bus. The second part of. Yakut ASSR, pos. Nyurba. A cleaning lady washes the floors in the theater auditorium. The actor is ironing his shirt. Another actor weaves a web. The actors in the room are talking, listening to one of the actors playing the accordion. Among those present - S.I. Stanistavsky. Actors make up. Stage ramp. The curtain opens. Stanislavsky repairs a bus in the garage. SI Stanislavsky reads the magazine at home. SI Stanislavsky at the wheel of a bus. Actors in the bus. The actors are pushing the bus on a broken road. The tractor pulls the bus on the cable. The director rehearses with the actors on stage. A man riding a deer rides through the village, drives up to the theater poster. A fragment of the performance on stage (synchronously). Unloading boxes with theatrical props. Workers bring the box into the building of the House of Culture. Plaque with the inscription: "Tumul House of Culture". Spectators stand in line at the box office for tickets to the show. Spectators in the hall at the performance. Spectators' faces. The audience laughs. A group of actors and the driver S. I. Stanislavsky are posing near the bus.

B&W

2

1986