The film is centred on the paradoxical relationship between V. Vysotsky, a famous Russian bard, and Russian society. His idea of ''universal love'' misinterpreted by people has ended up in hysterics and speculation.
Faces in the Crowd.
The policeman passes behind the people.
Girl in a black shirt, shirt badges with portraits of VS Vysotsky.
Detail of the monument VS Vysotsky.
VS Vysotsky with a guitar.
Fire burns.
Chronicle in 1980.
Funeral Vladimir Vysotsky.
Portrait of VS Vysotsky next to his coffin.
Photos funeral VS Vysotsky.
Chronicle 1970 .: excerpt from an interview with VS Vysotsky.
Metal blank in a fire.
There is a tour.
Chronicle in 1980.
View of the city.
Policemen in full uniform.
Of all the people who came to say goodbye to VS Vysotsky.
Stands theater critic.
Coffin VS Vysotsky.
Laying flowers.
Carrying the coffin from the building of the Taganka Theater.
People throw flowers at his feet.
The funeral procession starts to move.
People look out of the windows.
Relatives and friends say goodbye to the poet.
The coffin was carried on the shoulders.
Chronicle 1970 .: VS Vysotsky bows to the audience and left the stage.
Key words
Funeral Vysotsky
Personnel:
VS Vysotsky - Poet, actor, singer-songwriter, winner of the State Prize of the USSR. Filatov LA - People's Artist of the Russian Federation. M. Vladi - actress, singer.
Calendar: 1970s - 1980s
Locations: Moscow [820]
The auditorium applauded.
At the microphone V.S.Zolotuhin.
People have broken country road.
A man digs a rut. A.S.Makarov. A.S.Makarov with a local go by the wayside.
Rural landscape. A.S.Makarov smokes in the house. A.S.Makarov with a gun walking on snow.
Chronicle 1970 .: excerpt from an interview with VS Vysotsky.
Smith gets billet of fire and strikes it with a hammer.
Tour group.
Chronicle in 1981.
A man walks along the fence of a correctional labor colony (CTI).
All the tower.
View of the courtyard through the lattice.
Interviews with prisoners.
Personnel:
VS Vysotsky - Poet, actor, singer-songwriter, winner of the State Prize of the USSR. Zolotukhin VS - People's Artist of the RSFSR. Makarov AS - Writer, scriptwriter.
Calendar: 1970s - 1980s
Locations: Moscow [820] Tver region [806]
Continuation of interviews with prisoners.
CTI yard.
Fence of barbed wire.
Open the gates.
Concrete fence (shooting from the car).
Smith beats hammer on metal.
Tour group at the Bolshoi Karetny alley.
Apartment L.Kocharyana director.
A.S.Makarov says.
Portrait L.Kocharyana. I.Kocharyan. O.Halimonov.
V.Akimov.
A.S.Makarov says.
View of the tour group from the window.
People are standing in the yard.
Excerpt from an interview with VS Vysotsky.
Blacksmith cool billet knife in the water.
Yu.P.Lyubimov rehearsing the play "The House on the waterfront."
Set up tables in the room.
Portrait of VS Vysotsky.
Photo VS Vysotsky in childhood.
Day of Remembrance VS Vysotsky in his mother's house.
Personnel:
VS Vysotsky - Poet, actor, singer-songwriter, winner of the State Prize of the USSR. Makarov AS - Writer, scriptwriter. YP Lyubimov - People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
Calendar: 1970s - 1980s
Locations: Moscow [820]
Day of Remembrance VS Vysotsky in his mother's house.
People eat, drink, talk, toasts, share memories.
Yu.P.Lyubimov says.
V.S.Zolotuhin says.
Day of Remembrance at the cemetery Vagankovsky VS Vysotsky.
A lot of people in the queue at the tomb.
Flowers and wreaths.
View of the church spire through the arch at the entrance to the cemetery.
Arrangement of burning candles in the form of the first letters of the name and surname of the poet.
VS Vysotsky mother in the crowd.
People are wreaths, ribbons corrected them.
Laying flowers at the burning letters.
Candle burns near a bouquet of roses in a jar of water.
Tomb of VS Vysotsky.
Chronicle in 1980.
Policemen set obstacles.
Flock of pigeons taking off.
View of a group of people through the branches of dry wood.
Girl sends a bouquet policeman through the barrier; at a distance of obstacles crowds.
The policeman gives bouquet steward.
Personnel:
VS Vysotsky - Poet, actor, singer-songwriter, winner of the State Prize of the USSR. Zolotukhin VS - People's Artist of the RSFSR. YP Lyubimov - People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
Calendar: 1980
Locations: Moscow [820]
Chronicle 1970 .:
People applaud at the concert of Vladimir Vysotsky.
Auditorium.
At the microphone VS Vysotsky.
Relatives and friends of VS Vysotsky sit on the floor and watch recordings of his performances.
Tour group on the street.
The apartment windows VS Vysotsky.
People in the apartment VS Vysotsky.
V.I.Tumanov.
Tour memorial plaque on the wall of the house.
People in the apartment VS Vysotsky.
VS Vysotsky portrait on the wall.
Empty wooden table.
Concert poster.
Excursion across the street. M.Vladi at the airport. M.Vladi goes through the crowd.
Excerpt M.Vladi conversation at the airport. M.Vladi at the tomb of VS Vysotsky.
Empty wooden table.
Man talking on the phone.
M.Vladi says.
Friends visiting M.Vladi.
A.S.Makarov says. M.Vladi toast.
Key words
Concert of Vladimir Vysotsky
Personnel:
VS Vysotsky - Poet, actor, singer-songwriter, winner of the State Prize of the USSR. Makarov AS - Writer, scriptwriter. M. Vladi - actress, singer.
Calendar: 1970s - 1980s
Locations: Moscow [820]
M.Vladi talking to A.S.Makarovym. M.Vladi says goodbye to his mother VS Vysotsky.
Mother VS Vysotsky, one in the living room. M.Vladi says goodbye to friends at the airport.
A.S.Makarov says.
Excerpt from an interview with VS Vysotsky.
Chronicle in 1985.
Opening of a memorial plaque on the house VS Vysotsky at the Little Georgia Street.
People stand on the balconies.
Operators with cameras.
People overlook the courtyard.
Mother VS Vysotsky answers journalists' questions.
Opening ceremony.
Photo journalists at the forefront of the audience.
The military gives instructions.
People dismantled wooden platform and put it in the truck.
Photos in the hands of the correspondent.
Operators are shooting.
Day of Remembrance at the cemetery Vagankovsky VS Vysotsky.
Mother and Friends VS Vysotsky go by police through the barrier.
Laying flowers.
Mother VS Vysotsky lights a candle.
VS Vysotsky monument at the tomb.
Arrangement of burning candles - the 50th anniversary of the poet.
Knife in the hands of a master, drawing engraving.
From the gates of the cemetery Vagankovsky endure dismantled barricades.
Tour group at the monument on the grave of VS Vysotsky.
Turn to the tomb on the feast day.
Man singing with a guitar.
Personnel:
VS Vysotsky - Poet, actor, singer-songwriter, winner of the State Prize of the USSR. Makarov AS - Writer, scriptwriter. Filatov LA - People's Artist of the Russian Federation. M. Vladi - actress, singer.
Calendar: 1970s - 1980s
Locations: Moscow [820]
Showcase booth at Vagankovsky cemetery.
L.A.Filatov says.
People in the lobby.
People on the street responding to reporters' questions.
Pandemonium in the sports complex "Olympic".
Sale records and books.
Seller counts money.
Girl with a plate and a book in hand.
Knife engraved with "Vladimir Vysotsky - 50 years."
Chronicle 1970 .: Excerpts from the performances Taganka with VS Vysotsky.
VS Vysotsky sings "I love you" on the stage.
Personnel:
VS Vysotsky - Poet, actor, singer-songwriter, winner of the State Prize of the USSR. Filatov LA - People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
Calendar: 1970s - 1980s
Locations: Moscow [820]