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Glumov's Diary (1923)

Glumov's Diary poster
Original title
Дневник Глумова
Directed by
Sergei Eisenstein
Genre
comedy film, silent film, commedia dell'arte
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
5 min
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This silent trick film was created as part of a theater production. It follows the character Glumov from a stage comedy in a short cinematic interlude.

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What happens

Glumov's Diary (Russian: Дневник Глумова, romanized: Dnevnik Glumova) is a 1923 Soviet silent trick film, which was the first film directed by Sergei Eisenstein. It was conceived as a part of the theatre production of Alexander Ostrovsky’s 1868 comedy Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man (Na vsyakovo mudretsa dovolno prostoty) and it marks Eisenstein's transition from theatre stage director to film director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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