Peak hour №1 22.06.1994 (1994)

Guest in the studio - People's Artist of the USSR Yevgeny Matveyev recalls the beginning of the Great Patriotic War on June 22, 1941, talks about his experiences and impressions on that day, about the evacuation from Kyiv in 1941, about the first German air raid and the death of civilians, about feature films about the war, about the film "

The Fate of a Man", the power of optimism reflected in it, talks about optimism in his life and his communist beliefs, about the future of humanity, about his unspent moral, spiritual and physical strength, about a trip to Lugansk and meetings with viewers, about his new film "

Love in Russian"

and its main idea, about the Russian national question and the Russian soul, about the dishonesty of political games on national grounds, about the guilt of dishonest and unscrupulous politicians in inciting interethnic conflicts in the territory of the former USSR, about the similarity with Makar Nagulnov, whom he played in the film "

Virgin Soil Upturned"

discusses the problems of reforms in Russia, the unexpected collapse of the socialist system, speaks of the need to set a specific goal for the further development of the country and society, the possibility of coming to communism through capitalism, answers calls from TV viewers about the party he allegedly created, about the role of Brezhnev he played, about the filming of his film (synchronously).

Photos of E.S. Matveyev in his youth on the set of films, with family members.

A fragment of the feature film "Virgin Soil Upturned" with the participation of E.S. Matveyev.