
Thru the Mirror(1936)
Mickey has been reading Alice in Wonderland, and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is alive.


Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty"). The anti-hero Glumov tries to escape exposure in the midst of acrobatics, derring-do, and farcical clowning. Several members of Eisenstein's troupe at the legendary "Proletkult" stage theatre in Moscow briefly appear in this little film.

Grigori Aleksandrov
Glumov 2

Aleksandr Antonov
Joffre

Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein
Ivan Yazykanov
Glumov 1

Maksim Shtraukh
Milyukov-Mamaev

Vera Yanukova
Mamaeva
Mikhail Gomorov
Turusina
Very Muzykant
Mashenka

Ivan Pyryev
Fascist Clown
Glumov's Diary is a fantasy, comedy film released in 1923 exploring themes of clown, based on play or musical, silent film, fools, short film. Directed by Sergei Eisenstein, it stars Grigori Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Antonov, Sergei Eisenstein. Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty"). The anti-hero Glumov tries to escape exposure in the midst of acrobatics, derring-do, and farcical clowning. Several members of Eisenstein's troupe at the legendary "Proletkult" stage theatre in Moscow briefly appear in this little film.
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