A heroic fanta sy about an ar tist’s destiny at the t umultuous tim e of social tra nsformati ons. One  of director Alexander  Mitta’s best  films. The s outh of Rus sia, 1920. In  a town square,  a mono -perfor mance is on , based on Shakespeare ’s “Juliu s Caesar”. The  film’s he ro who to ok the pseud onym “Revarm ”, which s tands for  “Revolutionar y Art fo r the Masses”,  is serio usly inter ested in the atre. The real  life and the  stage one are inter twined  in his des tiny. In a p rovinci al town wher e the po wer continu ously changes h ands, goin g from the R eds to the W hites,  from the Whi tes to  a band of  the Greens , this youthf ul stage reformer , endow ed with the gi ft of persuas ion, attracts  people  to his caus e, leaving  no one ind ifferent.…A  heroic fantas y about  an artist’s destiny at th e tumultu ous time  of soci al transfo rmations . One of