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Glumov's Diary

19235 minSoviet Union
Comedy

Synopsis

Glumov's secret diary becomes the center of a rapid series of appearances, escapes and comic transformations. A theft sends a performer from a building to an airplane and back toward the theater. The diary's contents then emerge through visual tricks that turn social maneuvering into physical spectacle.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
4:14
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Sergei Eisenstein · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

Cast

DirectorsS.M. Eisenstein

Behind the scenes

Eisenstein created this first film as inserts for his 1923 Proletkult staging of an Ostrovsky comedy. Performers moved between the live stage and the filmed action, making the work an experiment in combining theatrical performance with cinema.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 15, 2026.

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