Stars of Russia №5-1997 Leaders (1997)

The face of actor Kirill Lavrov.

Photograph of V.I. Lenin in 1918. Collage of photographs of scenes from plays and feature films on the Lenin theme, photographs of actors in Lenin makeup.

Interviews with Kirill Lavrov, Mikhail Ulyanov, and Yuri Kayurov about the number of Lenin roles they played (synchronously).

Yu.

Kayurov examines Lenin’s office and the books on the shelves at the Gorki Leninskiye Museum-Estate.

Kayurov sits down at Lenin’s desk.

Kayurov’s interview (synchronously and off-screen).

A telephone on the desk.

Kayurov picks up the telephone receivers one by one.

Kayurov’s face during the interview. K. Lavrov approaches the desk in Lenin’s office at the Gorki Leninskiye Museum-Estate and examines the desk.

Lavrov’s interview (synchronously and off-screen).

Photograph of Lenin.

Lavrov sits down at Lenin's desk.

Wall clock in his office. M. Ulyanov enters Lenin's office, approaches the desk, and picks up the telephone switchboard.

Ulyanov sits down at Lenin's desk and stands up.

Photograph of Lenin against the backdrop of bookshelves in the Kremlin office.

Yu.

Kayurov at Lenin's desk.

View of Red Square, queue to the mausoleum (top).

Kayurov's interview (synchronously and off-screen), queue to Lenin's mausoleum.

Guards at the entrance to the mausoleum.

Photograph of Kayurov as Lenin.

Photograph of Lenin in 1919 next to a photograph of Kayurov.

Interview of K. Lavrov (synchronously and off-screen).

Photograph of Lavrov giving an autograph. K. Lavrov examines a photograph of Lenin in front of the mirror in the dressing room.

Photograph of Lenin and a fragment of the feature film with Lavrov as Lenin.

Lavrov as a deputy talks to a woman who came to the reception.

Fragments from the filming of the feature film "Lenin in Finland".

Lavrov behind the wheel of a car.

Interview with Y. Kayurov about working on the role of Lenin (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Photos of scenes from feature films about Lenin with Kayurov in the leading role.

Interview with M. Ulyanov about the creation of the image of V.I. Lenin (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Ulyanov in the factory shop during a meeting with workers.

Scenes from plays and fragments of feature films with Ulyanov in the role of Lenin.

Yu.

Kayurov gives an interview, fragments of the feature film "The Sixth of July" with Kayurov in the role of Lenin, photographs of scenes from the film.

Kayurov's face.

Lavrov gives an interview sitting at Lenin's desk in the Gorki Leninskiye Museum-Estate (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Fragments of the feature film "The Sixth of July" with Kayurov in the role of Lenin.

Kayurov's face alternates with fragments of the feature film "The Sixth of July".

Newsreel: V.I. Lenin at the laying of the foundation of the monument to Karl Marx on May 1, 1920. Kayurov at the presentation of the award at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

Interview with K. Lavrov (synchronously and off-screen). K. Lavrov at the monument to Lenin on the grounds of the Gorki Leninskiye Museum Estate.

Lavrov is driving along Nevsky Prospect.

Interview with Lavrov about working on the image of Lenin (synchronously).

Interview with M. Ulyanov about the difficulties of creating the image of Lenin on stage and in film (synchronously). M. Ulyanov puts on makeup in front of a mirror.

Photographs of Lenin and M. Ulyanov in Lenin makeup. K. Lavrov talks about creating the image of Lenin (synchronously), shows a photograph from his first screen test as Lenin.

Photographs of Lenin and K. Lavrov in Lenin makeup.

Fragments of the filming of Y. Kayurov as Lenin, photographs of Kayurov in Lenin makeup during filming.

Interview with K. Lavrov (synchronously and off-screen).

The Zaryadye, Pervomaysky and Mir cinemas in Moscow.

Lavrov comes out onto the podium.

The audience applauds.

A photograph of Lavrov among the members of the film crew.

An interview with M. Ulyanov (synchronously), interspersed with fragments of feature films with Ulyanov in the role of Lenin.

The presentation of the State Prize to M. Ulyanov.

The participants of the ceremony applaud Ulyanov, Ulyanov accepts congratulations from his colleagues.

Ulyanov among the actors of the Yevg.

Vakhtangov Theatre.

The face of Y. Kayurov.

An interview with K. Lavrov about Lenin (synchronously and off-screen). M. Ulyanov sits at Lenin’s desk, speaks about Lenin’s personality (synchronously).

A photograph of Lenin.

Y. Kayurov walks along the alley of the Gorki Leninskiye museum-estate.

Kayurov walks along the estate grounds, walks toward the house.

Panorama and views of the estate-museum grounds, Kayurov on a walk.

Interview with M. Ulyanov about Lenin (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Photograph of Lenin.

Ulyanov gets up from the table, picks up the telephone receiver that is giving a signal.

Newsreel: V. I. Lenin speaks at a rally dedicated to the laying of the foundation of the "Liberated Labor" monument in Moscow on Prechistenskaya Embankment on May 1, 1920. Panorama of part of the rally.

Fragments of the feature film "The Sixth of July".

Interview with K. Lavrov about Lenin in the last years of his life (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Photographs of Lenin during his stay in Gorki in 1922-1923, with Stalin and his attending physicians.

Interview with M. Ulyanov and K. Lavrov about Lenin and the peculiarities of creating his image in the new conditions (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Photographs of Lenin, poster for the film "Lenin in October". Y. Kayurov walks in the park in Gorki. M. Ulyanov walks through the park in Gorki towards home.

Ulyanov enters the meeting room, walks around the table.

Photograph of the meeting of the Council of People's Commissars chaired by Lenin.

Interview with M. Ulyanov about Lenin (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Photograph of Lenin during the Vsevobuch parade in 1919. K. Lavrov enters Lenin's bedroom in Gorki.

Lavrov's face.

Photograph of Lenin and Krupskaya on the bedroom wall.

Interiors of Lenin's office in Gorki. M. Ulyanov in Lenin's bedroom, bedroom interior.

A dog on the steps of a house in Gorki, Y. Kayurov approaches the dog and strokes it, walks along the path to the park, sits on a bench.

Photograph of Lenin sitting on a bench in the park in Gorki in 1922. Kayurov is sitting on a bench.

Y. Kayurov walks along the corridor of the house in Gorki.

Kayurov's face, his interview is heard off-screen.

Fountains in front of the Rossiya movie theater (panorama).

Newsreel: the building of the Bolshoi Theater decorated for the 100th anniversary of Lenin's birth.

Moscow buildings decorated for the anniversary.

A photograph of Lenin in a wheelchair in Gorki in 1923. Kayurov's face.

Lavrov walks along the corridor of the house in Gorki, examines the interior, his interview is heard off-screen.

Lavrov walks in the park in Gorki with a dog, a photograph of Lenin in Gorki with a dog.

Lavrov walks in the park in Gorki, his interview is heard off-screen.

Interview with M. Ulyanov (synchronously and off-screen).

A photograph of Lenin in Gorki in 1923, during his illness.

Lavrov gives an interview during a walk in the autumn park in Gorki (synchronously).

Newsreel: Lenin V.I. On a walk in the Kremlin on October 16, 1918, after recovering from his wound.

A fragment from the play "The Kremlin Chimes" with Lavrov as Lenin. M. Ulyanov stands by a bench in the park in Gorki, it is snowing.

A photograph of Lenin speaking from the rostrum on May 5, 1920. Footage from a newsreel of Lenin.

Workers in a workshop applaud during a ceremonial rally.

Demonstration on November 7 on Red Square.

Lenin's portrait in a demonstration column, leaders of the state party on the rostrum of the mausoleum.

A photograph of Lenin. Y. Kayurov in Lenin's office in the museum in Gorki. K. Lavrov stands on the balcony of a house in Gorki.

Interview with Y. Kayurov about his attitude towards Lenin (synchronously).

Lavrov's face during a walk in the park, his interview is heard off-screen. M. Ulyanov leaves his house in Gorki, walks away with his dog along a park path, his interview is heard off-screen. K. Lavrov stands by the colonnade of the new building of the V.I. Lenin Museum in Gorki.

Interview with Y. Kayurov (synchronously). M. Ulyanov's face. K. Lavrov walks around the museum complex in Gorki.

Photograph of Lenin in 1922 during a walk in the park in Gorki (dissolve).