The film is dedicated to the life and work of the artist, who represents one of the pages of Soviet theatrical and decorative art, F. F. Fedorovsky.
Setting up the scenery on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre.
Close-up of the hands of the stagehands securing the scenery on the frames.
Cleaning the stage.
The interior of F. F. Fedorovsky's apartment.
The artist's daughter Nonna Fyodorovna Fedorovskaya tells the story.
The staircase in the apartment leading to the second floor to the artist's studio.
Photograph of F. F. Fedorovsky at work in the studio.
Portrait photograph of the artist.
Scenery for the opera "Khovanshchina" by M. P. Mussorgsky.
Self-portrait of F. F. Fedorovsky in his youth.
Staircase at the Stroganov School of Art and Industry.
Photograph of Fedorovsky 12 years later at the Stroganov School with students.
The school's auditoriums.
Photograph of F. F. Fedorovsky at the school.
Diploma work "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish".
Scenery for the performances of "Carmen" at the Zimin Private Opera Theatre.
The 1912 stage sets for the opera Khovanshchina in Paris.
Set design sketches by Fyodorovsky published in French magazines.
Museum storerooms with paintings by F.F. Fyodorovsky.
Bolshoi Theatre workshops.
Photograph of Fyodorovsky supervising the creation of stage sets.
Work on the stage set for the opera Sadko.
Photograph of Fyodorovsky with his theatre colleagues.
Costume sewing workshops.
Costume sketches for different performances.
Alternation of shots with sketches and finished costumes.
Alternation of shots with views of ancient Russian cities.
Set design sketches where these views were used.
Set design sketches for the opera Boris Godunov.
Installation of set design for the opera Boris Godunov.
Modern performance using Fyodorovsky's sets.
Theater, Theatre artist, Decorations
F.F. Fedorovsky
theatre artist. N.F. Fedorovskaya
artist.
Cities of the Golden Ring of Russia.
Bolshoi Theatre.
Flowers in a Vase.
Narrated by Bolshoi Theatre conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky.
Set designs by F.F. Fedorovsky.
Narrated by opera singer I.S. Kozlovsky.
Set designs by F.F. Fedorovsky.
Interspersed photographs by Fedorovsky.
A scene from the opera "Boris Godunov" featuring I.S. Kozlovsky.
Interspersed shots with views of the Central Russian Plain.
A photograph of fishermen on a river.
Northern nature sketches by F.F. Fedorovsky.
Photographs of the artist fishing.
The photographs alternate with the artist's paintings.
A star on the Kremlin tower.
The star was created based on a sketch by F.F. Fedorovsky at the Krasny May factory.
A photograph of F.F. Fedorovsky next to the star before it was installed on the tower.
Glassblowers at work.
A photograph of Fedorovsky on the balcony of a house.
Narrated by the artist's daughter. N.F. Fedorovskaya draws sketches of costumes for performances.
Sketches for the performance "Prince Igor", created by N. F. Fedorovskaya under the guidance of her father.
Theater, Decorations, Etudes, Performances, Paintings
F.F. Fedorovsky
theatre artist. N.F. Fedorovskaya
artist. G. Rozhdestvensky
conductor. I.S. Kozlovsky
opera singer.
Central Russia. North of Russia.
Bolshoi Theatre.