

From the DVD cover:
The beginning of the 20th century. Led by the famous Bulgarian actor Pier Stomanyakov, the travelling theatrical troupe “Obnova” arrives at a small railway station. Before the performance of Shakespeare’s Othello, the actress playing Desdemona falls ill. The young local teacher Elisaveta Strezova, in love with theatre, offers to fill in for her role. She joins the troupe and travels with the actors along the dusty country roads. There comes a point when a chosen selection of the actors, with Stomanyakov top of the list, is offered a permanent job at the municipality theatre. Elisaveta assumes the role of leader of the rest, who bear in their hearts the memory of the “starry moments” of the “Obnova” theatrical troupe and are ready to serve art with might and main.Read More »







