Aheroicfantasyaboutanartist’sdestinyatthetumultuoustimeofsocialtransformations.OneofdirectorAlexanderMitta’sbestfilms.ThesouthofRussia,1920.Inatownsquare,amono-performanceison,basedonShakespeare’s“JuliusCaesar”.Thefilm’sherowhotookthepseudonym“Revarm”,whichstandsfor“RevolutionaryArtfortheMasses”,isseriouslyinterestedintheatre.Thereallifeandthestageoneareintertwinedinhisdestiny.Inaprovincialtownwherethepowercontinuouslychangeshands,goingfromtheRedstotheWhites,fromtheWhitestoabandoftheGreens,thisyouthfulstagereformer,endowedwiththegiftofpersuasion,attractspeopletohiscause,leavingnooneindifferent.… …