POLE STAR (1997)

The boy at the edge of the village.

The boys are squatting on their heels.

The girls stand around the boys.

The woman looks out the window, smiles.

A man in a tracksuit in the yard, a boy next to him.

A blurred road, a man tells about the life of the village.

Elderly women on the porch.

The man leads the boy through the village, they are watched by fellow villagers.

The boys are squatting, one of them is scratching something on the ground with a twig, and the girls are sitting in the distance.

A man with a boy.

The surface of the river, the inscription: "The champion of the USSR in cold water swimming Yuri Lopatin".

Title: "The North Star".

The country road is covered with snow.

Yuri Lopatin comes out of the gate of the house in sports shorts, barefoot steps into the snow.

Yuri Lopatin shovels snow at the gate.

A tree trunk in the snow.

Yuri Lopatin runs through a snow-covered field.

In the snow, the frame of the car.

Beyond the field, there are bare trees in a grove.

A woman walks through a grove of trees.

Yuri Lopatin stands with his face exposed to the snow.

A clergyman reads a prayer to the Lord and some saints about the travelers.

The girls ' faces.

Fellow villagers at the service.

The priest conducts the rite of consecration of the river vessel.

The priest waves the censer.

On the table is an icon, sacred writings, a cross.

The priest sprinkles the vessel with holy water.

The priest sprinkles holy water on the audience of the sacrament.

Yuri Lopatin is baptized.

The face of a woman in the crowd.

The priest blesses Yuri Lopatin with a cross.

Trumpeters play the march "Farewell to the Slavs".

The steamer is ready to sail.

Yuri Lopatin stands with his face turned to the snow.

Snow-covered steppe.

Panorama of the river, the river port on the other side.

Railway bridge over the river

Yuri Lopatin in sports shorts is walking in the snow, carrying buckets on a yoke.

Yuri Lopatin collects water in buckets from the pump.

Yuri Lopatin is doused with water, standing barefoot in the snow.

Panorama of the countryside, houses illuminated by the sun.

Yuri Lopatin is standing in the snow, smiling, his body is steaming.

Yuri Lopatin runs through the snow with buckets.

A dry rag in the snow.

Yuri Lopatin stirs the coals with a poker.

Metal-melting shop.

Yuri Lopatin at his post.

The furnace of the plant.

Yuri Lopatin.

Panorama of the workshop in operation.

Yuri Lopatin puts on a protective helmet.

Metallurgical bucket.

Panorama of the workshop.

The river bank is covered in snow.

The outskirts of the city, a man and a boy are running.

On the shore, the boy takes off his jacket, the man puts things on the ground.

The current of the river.

Yuri Lopatin and a boy swim in the thawed part of the river.

Railway bridge over the river.

The boy's face.

Yuri Lopatin swims in the thawed part of the river, between the ice blocks.

Country road, icicles hanging from the roof, drops.

Yuri Lopatin in swimming trunks goes along the fence to the house.

The boy looks out of the window.

A woman with a flower in a pot.

The boy in the window.

The face of Yuri Lopatin, spring drops.

A seagull in the sky.

Yuri Lopatin on the boat, puts on a swimming cap.

Yuri Lopatin goes to the stern, next to the ship motor boat.

Yuri Lopatin puts on swimming goggles.

Cumulus clouds.

Panorama of the river.

Yuri Lopatin goes down the stairs from the side of the ship into the river, crosses himself, swims.

Yuri Lopatin swims butterfly.

Steamboat on the river.

Yuri Lopatin swims butterfly.

Yuri Lopatin at the house, icicles hanging from the roof.

The surface of the water, the river thaws.

Forged grating.

Yuri Lopatin runs down the street of the city, waving his hand in greeting.

The girls are on the other side of the street.

Yuri Lopatin runs down the street.

Panorama of the street.

The face of Yuri Lopatin.

The church is crowded with parishioners.

Church service.

The faces of the parishioners.

In the crowd, Yuri Lopatin.

A lamp with church candles.

The priest conducts the service.

Yuri Lopatin crosses himself, kisses the icon.

Parishioners pray.

The old lady at the lamp.

Father with an icon at the altar.

The surface of the river.

Two motor ships on the river diverge in different directions.

Multi-deck motor ship.

Yuri Lopatin in a bathing cap and swimming glasses goes down the stairs into the river.

Yuri Lopatin makes a swim.

Panorama of the river.

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A teenager.

Yuri Lopatin at the samovar, on the table a three-liter jar of honey.

Yuri Lopatin talks with a doctor about the benefits of swimming in icy water.

The face of a teenager.

Tea from the samovar.

The face of a teenager.

The movement of the steamboat on the river.

View of the river from the porthole window.

Lopatin pours himself a cup of tea.

The shadow of a teenager's silhouette.

Yuri Lopatin at the table at the samovar.

The face of a teenager.

Yuri Lopatin on swimming and religion.

Swimming pool.

Yuri Lopatin swims.

The face of Yuri Lopatin.

Yuri Lopatin runs on a snow-covered road.

Cottage village.

Yuri Lopatin runs along the forest, dry rags are breaking through the snow.

Yuri Lopatin retreats into the depths of a birch grove.

Yuri Lopatin stands in the snow, takes a breath, makes swings with his hands, running on the spot, circular movements with his hips.

A winter-clad man watches the athlete with curiosity.

Yuri Lopatin walks along the river bank, takes off his shoes, enters the water.

Yuri Lopatin breaks the ice on the surface of the water with a tree branch.

Yuri Lopatin swims in the icy water.

Skiers run along the forest.

Yuri Lopatin runs along the birch grove.

Picturesque view of the river.

Yuri Lopatin's face in the evening twilight.

People in a boat on the river.

The water surface of the river.

Sunset on the river.

River pier.

The steamer at the pier.

A spruce branch shakes in the wind.

The mountain slope.

Spruce forest.

The tops of small Christmas trees.

Dry grass.

Edge of the forest.

Starling.

An owl on a branch.

Dry grass.

Mountain cliff.

The branches shake in the wind.

Yuri Lopatin lies on the snow.

A naked boy walks in the snow.

The boy lies down in the snow, buries himself in it, and dips his face in the snow.

Yuri Lopatin lies down in the snow, buries himself in it.

A woman looks out of the window.

View of the countryside.

My bare feet sink into the snow.

Yuri Lopatin's face in the snow, he rises.

The woman in the window.

Yuri Lopatin washes his face with snow, smiles.

The rapid flow of the river.

Motor ship " V. Chkalov".

Yuri Lopatin floats on the river at the same time as the movement of the ship.

From the deck of the ship, he is being watched.

Leaves fly off the birch.

Yuri Lopatin swims butterfly.

The stern of the ship.

Fishermen on the pier.

The boys watch the swim of the athlete.

A fisherman with a fishing rod.

Boys on the beach.

Fishermen on a motor boat.

Cargo ship.

Steamboat.

The cargo ship is leaving.

Yury Lopatin comes to the bath, pouring water in a bucket from the bucket.

Smoke curls from the chimney.

Yuri Lopatin puts firewood in the stove.

Yuri Lopatin comes out of the bath, sits down on the bench, tells about his swims.

View of the river.

Yuri Lopatin swims.

Men on board the ship.

The rapid flow of the river.

Yuri Lopatin is floating, a barge is moving along the river.

The ship is being removed.

The water surface of the river.

The list of achievements of Yuri Lopatin in the swim in cold water.