A young man from a poor family, Egor Dmitrievich Glumov, motivated by ambition, wants to make a career. He deftly flatters, hypocrites, and obsequies, skillfully exploiting the weaknesses of his patrons, and secretly ridicules their stupidity and vulgarity in his diary.

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Cast

Mikhail Tsaryov

Egor Dmitrievich Glumov

Vladimir Vladislavskiy

Neil Fedoseevich Mamaev

Igor Ilyinsky

Krutitsky

Nadezhda Borskaya