Alexander Kugel

Screen version of a mass performance held on November 7, 1920 on Palace Square with the participation of Proletkult artists and a crowd of several thousand people. The performance reproduced the events of the October coup d'état. Two platforms were built on Palace Square - "white" and "red".

In the story, the actor Aidarov, who almost overslept his own benefit, is trying to get to the theater by the beginning of the performance. Everything ends well, but the last part of the journey the actor has to overcome in an empty barrel. Film historian K. E. Razlogov thought that the situations shown in the film are typical of theatrical comedy.