Look Back

Wandering through the labyrinths of memory, the famous actress, unique woman Alla Demidova recalls bright pages of her creative biography and generously shares them with the reader. Together with the author, we are transported to the Taganka Theatre and find... ourselves at rehearsals and performances by Yuri Lyubimov and Anatoly Efros, seeing Vladimir Vysotsky as a living presence, then immersing ourselves in the atmosphere of the bustling activities of directors such as Roman Viktyuk, Larisa Shepitko, Kira Muratova, Andrei Tarkovsky, Sergei Parajanov, and nearby observe wonderful actors — Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Georgy Zhzhonov, Dmitry Pevtsov… And now we find ourselves in the apartment of Lily Brik, shrouded in mystery and enigma. Or we follow the actress on her foreign trips and get acquainted with figures of Western art — Antoine Vitez, Theodor Terzopoulos, Bob Wilson, Georges Simenon… And of course, everywhere we see Alla Demidova, in various theatrical and film roles