A young man from a poor family, Egor Dmitrievich Glumov, motivated by ambition, wants to make a career. He deftly flatters, hypocrites, and obsequies, skillfully exploiting the weaknesses of his patrons, and secretly ridicules their stupidity and vulgarity in his diary.
Acting
Tsaryov's smarmy charm masks genuine contempt brilliantly.
Production
Lavish merchant-class interiors that reek of new money desperation.
Director
Vladimir Sukhobokov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from Ostrovsky's 1868 play, this was peak Soviet prestige cinema—state-funded takedowns of bourgeois values that somehow also thrilled audiences.
Igor Ilyinsky, who plays the buffoon Krutitsky, was a legendary comic actor who'd later become a defining clown of Soviet circus cinema.
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