The film tells the story of Russian women who married foreigners and moved abroad for permanent residence.
City park in autumn.
Adults and children are relaxing in the park.
Cars are driving along the road.
Two women are talking.
An elderly woman is sitting on a bench.
A woman with a child and a dog are walking along the path.
The woman puts the dog on a leash.
People on the park paths.
Photos of the film's characters: L. Völler, L. Mizgina (Tsareva) and V. Mizgin, V. Paizh, L. Kovacs, Z. Kolbe, L. Angelova, N. Maraya.
USSR Consulate General in Leipzig: interview with V. S. Orekhov.
Border post.
A soldier stands at the post, the barrier is raised.
Border post.
The border guard looks into the camera.
A queue of cars on the bridge (shot from a car).
Multi-story buildings (shot from a car).
A pothole in the road and bushes in front of the house.
A girl plays the piano (view from the street through the window). L.Völler, Z.Kolbe, L.Mizgina, V.Paizh answer questions.
Visitors at tables in a summer cafe.
People walk down the street, stop at shop windows.
Traffic on city streets.
Workers at the reconstruction of Petrovsky Passage.
The Ministry of Construction in the southern regions of the RSFSR. Reconstruction of the Metropol Hotel.
TV journalists talk to foreign workers.
View of the city from the construction site.
Moscow high-rise.
Building under construction.
Church domes in scaffolding.
An old house behind a stone fence.
Cars drive along the road.
A group of people on the porch.
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People enter and exit through the checkpoint.
A man smiles and signals to the operator.
A woman flags down a car.
A high-rise building.
Story by L. Kovacs, L. Weller, L. Mizgina, L. Angelova.
People relax on the beach.
Adults and children swim and sunbathe.
Vacationers swim in the pool.
A phaeton drives down the street.
People on the streets of a resort town.
A group of people in identical shorts.
Children's amusement park.
Beach area: parachute flight behind a boat.
Country road, view from above.
Bridge over a river.
Border marking on the bridge.
The barrier is lowered.
Cars on the city streets.
Stacks of books on the tables.
View from the window onto the street.
Story by L. Kovacs.
Women sorting out books.
A garden near a house.
A family at the table.
Story by L. Mizgina.
Story by V. Paizh.
Visitors at the tables of a summer cafe.
Passport control at the border.
Border guards checking documents.
Queues of cars.
Border marker on the bridge.
View from the bridge to the river.
Room, various furnishings.
Girl singing and drawing.
View of the city.
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People leading a flock of sheep across a field.
Sheep at a watering hole.
Narrated by L. Angelova.
A cluttered yard.
Narrated by Z. Kolbe.
People at the table.
Narrated by V. Mizgin.
Narrated by L. Weller.
Photographs of L. Weller in a home environment.
Narrated by Z. Kolbe.
View from the window into the garden.
Fragments of rooms, pieces of furniture. Z. Kolbe reading a newspaper.
An elderly woman in the hallway.
Children watching TV. Parents with a child sitting at the table.
An elderly man.
An elderly woman preparing food.
Details of the kitchen environment.
Narrated by N. Golovina (Maraya) and members of her family.
A man playing with children.
Photographs on the walls.
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N. Golovina (Maraya) and her family tell their story.
Children sit on their parents’ laps.
People walk in the park.
The circus building.
Photographs and notes on the walls. N. Golovina’s family.
A parking lot in the yard, view from above.
Parents with children get into the car and drive away.
Traffic on the city streets.
Portraits of famous women who left their native country. L. Weller and L. Angelova tell their story.
Border guards check documents.
A border post.
View of country roads through the net.
A high-rise building.
Shop windows of fashion and grocery stores.
People stop at the shop windows, looking at the goods.
People on the city streets.
Vegetable stalls.
Cherries in bowls on the table. Z. Kolbe tells her story.
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L. Mizgina narrates.
Berry bush.
Swing in the yard.
Tables under umbrellas in a summer cafe.
Streets of an urban-type settlement. L. Angelova narrates.
People strolling along the street.
A group of young people having lunch, sitting on the sidewalk near the McDonald's building. V. Paizh narrates.
A multi-story residential building.
A portrait of V. I. Lenin on the building.
A tram passes by.
Antennas on the roofs.
A female quartet sings a cappella.
Streets of an urban-type settlement, private houses.
A mailbox on the fence at the entrance to the site.
Front porch.
Kitchen.
Stairs to the second floor.
Living room.
View of the next room through a bamboo curtain. V. Paizh narrates.
Transport on the city streets.
A man buys a newspaper at a kiosk.
View of the church from the opposite bank of the river.
Rural landscapes.
A woman walks across a suspension bridge, a dog runs after her.
Leipzig.
A service is underway in an Orthodox cathedral.
Interview with Father Theodore.
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Z. Kolbe narrates.
People in the church.
Transport on the road to the church.
The building of the Orthodox cathedral. L. Völler narrates.
Scenes from L. Völler’s everyday life.
A family drives a flock of sheep into the yard. L. Angelova narrates.
A woman works in the vegetable garden. Z. Kolbe, L. Kovacs, and L. Mizgina narrate.
Rose bushes behind the fence.
View of the house from the fence.
Swings in the yard.
A border guard checks documents and puts a stamp.
A queue of cars (shot from a car).
The barrier rises, a car drives onto the bridge.
A queue of cars on the bridge.
A soldier stands at the post, the barrier lowers.
A women’s choir sings a cappella. L. Kovacs narrates. L. Kovacs’s daughter speaks on the phone.
The girl answers questions from TV reporters.
Stacks of books on the tables.
People walk along a pedestrian crossing. L. Kovacs’s daughter with a friend.
Scenes of everyday city life.
People walking along the streets.
Visitors at a table in a summer cafe.
A man singing with a guitar.
Spectators on benches and along the edges of lawns.
Spectators applauding.
A group of teenagers with drinks sitting on a foundation.
A child in a stroller.
Many people snacking on the go.
Street cafes.
Flower vendors.
A man in a telephone booth.
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An elderly woman feeds birds in the park.
An elderly man does a crossword puzzle.
The monument to J.S. Bach in Leipzig.
St.
Thomas Church.
People on benches and flowers in decorative flowerbeds in front of the church.
The sun shines through the crown of a tree.
Church domes.
A grave in an old cemetery.
A park alley.
Queues at the embassy.
Issuing forms.
People in queues answer questions from TV journalists.
A portrait of V.I. Lenin on a building.
Children climb a tank.
Public festivities in the square.
People in queues in the administrative corridors.
An elderly woman with bags over her shoulder walks along the street, leaning on a stick.
Shop windows of the "Gifts of Nature" store.
View of the church across the field.
Rural landscapes.
A woman walks across a suspension bridge, a dog runs after her.
Lonely passers-by on a city street.
Elderly women stand near a house.
Red flags on balconies.
Traffic light at an empty intersection.
Electric train at dusk.
Asphalt regional road.
A car drives along the road.
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