Ivan Vereisky

A production of the State Academic Maly Theatre of the USSR.

A staging of the play of the same name at the State Academic Maly Theater of the USSR.

Based on the play of the same name by A.N. Ostrovsky.

A magical tale about a poor musician who one day stumbled upon a wondrous market stall. An old man there was selling incredible items — a magic mirror, an invisibility cap, a self-setting tablecloth… Among these enchanted objects was a marvelous self-playing flute. The old man gave the poor young musician the flute and the magic mirror, on one condition: they had to be returned in a year. A greedy rich man also took a liking to these magical things and, through deceit and trickery, tried to steal them — even throwing the musician into a dungeon. But what the greedy man didn’t know was that clever, enchanted things only bring happiness to a kind heart — and no wisdom at all to a foolish one.

Based on the play of the same name by Maxim Gorky.

The action takes place in the pre-revolutionary years and in the first days after the October Revolution. The main character, a female student, becomes an ally of a Bolshevik, who later dies on the front lines of the Civil War.

About the last year of Leo Tolstoy's life, disagreements in the family, conflicts with his children and wife, about his leaving home.