82 minutos
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
Self
Yuriy Butusov
Self
Lev Dodin
Self
Declan Donnellan
Self
Veniamin Filshtinskiy
Self
Oskaras Korsunovas
Self
Lev Levermore
Self
Renata Litvinova
Self
Nikita Mikhalkov
Self
Katie Mitchell
Self
Kirill Serebrennikov
Self
Meryl Streep
Self
Konstantin Stanislavski
Self (archive footage)