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)