Stanislavski: Lust for Life

Plot

A story about Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski, a twentieth-century theatre genius. Owing to his powerful extraordinary talent he managed to stay a true artist and a free spirit within the harsh Soviet system. In the film contemporary theater and film directors (Kirill Serebrennikov, Katie Mitchell, Lev Dodin and others) show how Stanislavski's method affects their everyday work. Each of the directors finds his or her own reflection in the mirror of his genius. In search of an answer to the question whether modern theatre really needs Stanislavski they discover that art lacks its most essential part – the human being.

Cast

Marina Brusnikina

Self

Yuriy Butusov

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Lev Dodin

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Declan Donnellan

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Veniamin Filshtinskiy

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Oskaras Korsunovas

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Lev Levermore

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Renata Litvinova

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Nikita Mikhalkov

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Katie Mitchell

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Kirill Serebrennikov

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Meryl Streep

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Konstantin Stanislavski

Self (archive footage)