About the book: 1965 / From the author The chapters of my memoirs are dedicated to individuals, artists: playwrights, actors, directors, artists. Only the chapter “The Great Silent” talks about a certain period: about the pre-revolutionary “cinema” and silent cinema of the 20s. These memoirs are not biographies, not monographs, and certainly not critical articles. These are only my personal observations and impressions, individual touches, characteristics of people I met along the way, and sketches of events in which I was a participant or witness..