Elegiya of Saint Petersburg (1990)

The face of an old man.

A crowd of people in the square.

Gradually the people disperse.

Photos of F.Chaliapin.

F.Chaliapin (chronicle).

Photos of I.Tornaga, Chaliapin's first wife.

Photo by F.Chaliapin and his wife.

Photo by F.Chaliapin with his wife and children.

Photos of Chaliapin's children.

Photo of the house where Chaliapin lived in Moscow.

The older children of Chaliapin (photo).

F.Chaliapin, his wife and children with wounded soldiers in the hospital he kept (photo).

Chaliapin's son Fyodor.

Chronicle: a fragment of the film "Rome" (dir.

Fellini)with the participation of Chaliapin's son, Fyodor.

Chronicle: two cars drive up to the entrance of the house, several women get out of them.

Women climb the stairs in the entrance and enter the apartment.

Chronicle: Chaliapin in the make-up of Ivan the Terrible after the filming of the film "Pskovityanka".

Photo of Chaliapin.

Photo of Chaliapin's illegitimate children.

Several women are sitting at a set table.

Chaliapin's petition to legalize illegitimate children.

Photos of both wives of Chaliapin and Chaliapin.

An empty street, passing rare cars.

A man is bathing in the Neva polynya.

A man comes out of the water into the snow.

A man rubs his body with his hands.

An old man comes out of the hotel entrance, lights up (F.F.Chaliapin).

Photo:Gorky and Chaliapin.

Chaliapin with his daughter.

A fragment of the film with the participation of Chaliapin.

A letter from F.F. Chaliapin about the request to transport his father's ashes to Russia.

Burial of Chaliapin's ashes (photo).

Chronicle: F.I. Chaliapin.

The face of an old man (F.F.Chaliapin).

Queue.

A crowd of people.

People are buying something.