Explores the life, times and ideas of the theatrical innovator, Constantine Stanislavsky, who created method acting and founded the Moscow Art Theatre. Uses documentary footage, photographs, and dramatisations to show his memorable roles, his search for reality in character portrayal, and his staging of plays of Chekhov, Ostrovsky, Ibsen, Maeterlinch, Gorki and Turgeniev. Narrated by Paul Rogers.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
322908
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Biographical films
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Archival resources
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Acting - Study and teaching
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Drama - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Music & Performing Arts → Acting
Music & Performing Arts → Acting - Drama
Music & Performing Arts → Acting - Study and teaching
Music & Performing Arts → Drama - Study and teaching
Music & Performing Arts → Experimental theater
Music & Performing Arts → Performing arts
Music & Performing Arts → Theater - Production and direction
Music & Performing Arts → Theater - Soviet Union
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)