About the book: year / The play based on the play "Maximilian the Stylite" was staged at the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov. The premiere took place on October 11, 1998. The play was not performed often and did not last long in the theater’s repertoire. In 1999, based on the script by Ivan Okhlobystin, director Roman Kachanov shot the film “Maximilian”. Businessman Nikolai Kutergin dreams of becoming a Duma deputy and, before a difficult election campaign, comes for a consultation with the creative genius (and simply a genius) Maximilian Arbuzov. Kutergin could not imagine how this meeting would change his life. Cover - photo by Nicholas Max Scarpinato.