The film tells about the life and work of Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin. The painting includes many newsreels, a part of which first appeared on the screen. This chronicle gives you the opportunity to experience the artist in time, in the anxieties and passions of the era. The idea of Chaliapin largely enriched by the stories of his son, Fyodor Chaliapin, who came to Russia in connection with the reburial of his father. The picture is full of music, it sound great recordings of Chaliapin.
Chronicle: F. Chaliapin.
Burial of the ashes of F.Chaliapin.
Chaliapin's son F.F. in Leningrad.
F.F.Chaliapin (synchronously).
F.F. Chaliapin leaves the hotel, lights up, walks down the street.
Chronicle F.I. Chaliapin looks out of the train window.
F.I.Chaliapin with his wife and children (photo).
Chaliapin is playing cards (photo).
Chronicle: Chaliapin is on the train, there is a crowd of mourners on the platform.
Chaliapin's son is walking down the street on the arm of a girl.
The Mariinsky Theatre.
F.F. Chaliapin in an empty theater hall.
Panorama of an empty hall.
Chronicle: F.I. Chaliapin.
F.F. Chaliapin walks through an empty hall.
Chronicle: F.I. Chaliapin.
F.F.Chaliapin (synchronously) recalls his father.
Photos by F.I. Chaliapin.
Chronicle: a crowd of people on the shore meets a steamer.
Locations: Leningrad
F.F.Chaliapin (synchronously) about his father.
Chronicle of the beginning of the 20th century: skating rink, emperor's headquarters, Chaliapin removes makeup, ice drift, sailors fight with bags.
The First World War, a priest in the army, explosions in the field, a Duma meeting.
Chronicle of 1917.
F.F.Chaliapin walks along the embankment of one of the small rivers in Leningrad.
F.F. Chaliapin climbs the stairs.
F.F.Chaliapin in the studio of artists working on the scenery for the opera "Boris Godunov".
Chaliapin as Boris Godunov (photo).
Chaliapin as Don Quixote (photo).
Chaliapin as Mephistopheles (photo).
Chronicle: Paris of the early 20th century.
Calendar: 1914-1925
Locations: Leningrad [848]
Chronicle: S. Rachmaninov's dacha.
Chaliapin is visiting Rachmaninov.
Chronicle:Moscow, Bolshoi Theater.
Kutafya tower.
The Iver Chapel.
The Red Square.
F.F.Chaliapin in the car,
Chronicle: street trading.
Chronicle: New York.
F.F.Chaliapin (synchronously).
Photo: Chaliapin sculpts.
A fragment of the film "Don Quixote" starring Chaliapin.
F.F.Chaliapin (synchronously).
Chronicle:Chaliapin looks out of the train window.
Chaliapin with a dog.
Calendar: 1920