
82 minutes
2/27/2021
A story about Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski, a twentieth-century theatre genius. Owing to his powerful extraordinary talent he managed to stay a true artist and a free spirit within the harsh Soviet system. In the film contemporary theater and film directors (Kirill Serebrennikov, Katie Mitchell, Lev Dodin and others) show how Stanislavski's method affects their everyday work. Each of the directors finds his or her own reflection in the mirror of his genius. In search of an answer to the question whether modern theatre really needs Stanislavski they discover that art lacks its most essential part – the human being.

Marina Brusnikina
as Self
Yuriy Butusov
as Self

Lev Dodin
as Self
Declan Donnellan
as Self
Veniamin Filshtinskiy
as Self
Oskaras Korsunovas
as Self
Lev Levermore
as Self

Renata Litvinova
as Self

Nikita Mikhalkov
as Self

Katie Mitchell
as Self

Kirill Serebrennikov
as Self

Meryl Streep
as Self

Konstantin Stanislavski
as Self (archive footage)