
Moscow, 1902. The famous director Konstantin Stanislavsky, in search of inspiration for staging a new play, decides to get acquainted with the life of the city "bottom". He turns to Vladimir Gilyarovsky, a recognized expert on the Moscow slums, for help.

as Stanislavskiy

as Gilyarovskiy

as «Knyazhna»

as Rudnikov - gorodovoy

as anglichanin

as Nemirovich-Danchenko

as Testov

as Chekhov

as professor Shtarassenmayer

as «Satana»

as bufetchik

as dezhurnyy politseyskiy

as metrdotel

as plemyannik Sandzhit



as Radzha


as vdova Testova


as Mikhail Gromov

as Aleksandr Vishnevskiy

as Kachalov

as Knipper-Chekhova

as Savitskaya - aktrisa





as Samarova-Kvashnya





as prostitutka




as «Kvazimodo»

as bogatyy gospodin


as korenastyy muzhik (uncredited)

as pyanyy muzhik (uncredited)

as Ivanych - khozyain nochlezhki (uncredited)

as Nikola - politseyskiy (uncredited)

as zhitel (uncredited)

as prodavets shchyotok (uncredited)

as torgovka (uncredited)

as pyanitsa (uncredited)

as marukha (uncredited)

as chistilshchik obuvi (uncredited)

as uchenik Stanislavskogo (uncredited)

as gimnazist (uncredited)


as prodavets samovarov (uncredited)

as devushka na ploshchadi (uncredited)