Ariadne (1989)

Photographs of the writer and journalist L. M. Reisner, ID cards of employees of the Izvestia and Pravda newspapers, the manuscript of the unfinished novel Requiem, the play Atlantis by L. M. Reisner in the Rosehip magazine; title pages of L. M. Reisner's books Afghanistan, Coal, Iron and People.

Texts of letters by L. M. Reisner and the poet N. S. Gumilyov.

Poems and drawings by N. S. Gumilyov.

Newsreel.

The February Revolution of 1917. The city of Petrograd, Palace Square is filled with jubilant people.

Detachments of armed soldiers drive by in automobiles.

Columns of armed soldiers march along the street.

Newsreel of the Civil War in Russia.

Cavalry on the attack and at rest, an artillery crew firing guns.

A military convoy with shells.

Soldiers take out shells.

Infantrymen run to the attack, overcome barbed wire.

A paddle-wheel steamer of the Volga military flotilla goes along the river.

Commander of the Volga military flotilla F. F. Raskolnikov and flag secretary, intelligence officer L. M. Reisner on the ship.

Afghanistan. F. F. Raskolnikov - Extraordinary Plenipotentiary Representative of Russia in 1921-1923. L. M. Reisner - wife of F. F. Raskolnikov, employee of the Comintern.

Photographs of Larisa Reisner, identification cards, newspaper clippings with obituaries, stored in the library of the Gorky Institute of Culture. L. Reisner's ID cards, issued to her as an employee of the newspapers Pravda and Izvestia.

Newsreel from 1921: the entrance to a mosque in Afghanistan.

People in one of the squares of Kabul.

A camel caravan makes its way through the crowd at the bazaar (top).

The square in front of the mosque, a platoon of soldiers passes by.

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Representative of the RSFSR in Afghanistan F.F. Raskolnikov.

Photographs of L. Reisner during her work in Afghanistan for the Comintern.

Photographs of Afghan landscapes in an album, handwritten pages of Reisner's novel Requiem, the name of the heroine on one of the pages.

Pages of L. Reisner's play Atlantis in the magazine Rosehip, marble decoration of an Ionic column, busts of ancient gods and heroes, bust of the daughter of the Cretan king Ariadne (panorama).

Pages of magazines from the period 1914-1915, with patriotic Articles, illustrations, a photograph by N.S. Gumilyov and the text of his "Notes of a Cavalryman".

Poems by A. Blok published in the newspaper.

The title of V.V. Rozanov's work "The War of 1914 and the Russian Renaissance".

Newsreel from 1915-1916: a tram passes along a street in Petrograd, leaflets are flying out of the carriage.

Skating on a skating rink, a panorama of the skating rink.

Arches and the courtyard of a house in Leningrad, where the "Stray Dog" cabaret was located, a panorama of the courtyard, a passage under the arches and an entrance to the basement.

Lighting and interior views of an uninhabited basement.

Scraping whitewash from one of the walls, the appearance of remnants of wall paintings under the whitewash.

Staging: a performance by one of the poets at the "Stray Dog".

Portrait of N. Gumilyov.

Staging: poets and writers are sitting at tables in the "Stray Dog", a girl is reading poetry on the stage.

Photograph of L. Reisner in her youth.

Panorama of the "Stray Dog" hall, a girl is reading poetry, a fragment of the wall painting.

Photograph of Gumilyov.

Fragment of Reisner's manuscript.

View of the corner turret of one of the old buildings in Leningrad in the rays of the morning sun, an old tram passes by the house, a balcony on the top floor of the house.

Photograph of Reisner reading a book by the window.

Branches of a tree with blossoming buds against the background of the wall of a house.

Photograph of Reisner in her youth.

Interior view of an Orthodox church, panorama from the dome to the iconostasis (top down), the Royal Doors open, a crucifix in the altar.

Fragment of the manuscript of Reisner's unfinished novel "Requiem".

Texts of letters from L. Reisner and N. Gumilyov (voiceover of the texts).

Statues in the Summer Garden.

View of the portico with columns.

Peeling paint on one of the columns.

Newsreel from 1915-1916: soldiers at a bivouac in one of the estates.

Movement of troops, panorama of a stationary convoy.

Russian cavalry galloping into the attack (slow motion).

Text of one of Gumilyov's letters to Reisner.

Branches of blooming lilac, window of one of the apartments.

Picturesque portrait of Reisner.

Newsreel from 1915-1916: artillery shells exploding at positions.

Artillery gun on a rotating mount for firing at air targets.

Officers arriving at the firing position, inspecting the rotating gun mount, loading the gun, firing.

Artillery shells exploding.

Hands extracting Gumilyov's letter to Reisner from an envelope, text of the letter (voiceover of the text).

The face of St.

Nicholas the Wonderworker on an icon.

The text of Reisner's response letter to Gumilyov (voiceover of the text).

View of the Chapel of St.

Nicholas the Wonderworker.

Candles in front of the icon of St.

Nicholas the Wonderworker inside the chapel, silhouette of a monk.

Newsreel from 1915-1916: officers with binoculars observe the enemy from a trench.

An artillery gun crew rolls the gun to a firing position.

An artillery battery fires.

Soldiers extract charges from shell boxes.

Firing from artillery guns, panorama of the firing position.

The infantry rises to attack.

Overcoming barbed wire.

Infantry attacking the enemy (top).

Photograph of Gumilyov in military uniform.

Photograph of Reisner, fragments of their correspondence are heard off-screen.

Titles of works by philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev.

The spines of old books standing on the shelf, the covers of Campanella's "The State of the Sun", "The Pillars and Assertions of Truth" by Fr.

Pavel Florensky.

View of the walls of a residential building, part of the roof, panorama of the sky.

Panorama of part of the shore of a reservoir with the remains of a rotting wooden fence.

Sun glare on the water.

A swan swims by.

A stamp with a portrait of Nicholas II from a postcard addressed to Reisner from Gumilev, an image of a hussar and Gumilev's poems on the postcard.

Newsreel from 1915-1916: a Cossack unit on horseback on the march.

Cavalry attacks of the enemy on the fronts of World War I. Attack of light French tanks "Renault" on the Western Front.

Explosions of shells at the position.

Burning candles in front of the icon of St.

Nicholas the Wonderworker, the text of Reisner's letter to Gumilev is heard in the background.

Reflection of trees and a brick wall on the surface of the water (panorama).

Views of the Summer Garden in autumn, statues in the Summer Garden.

Window of the apartment where Reisner lived in 1914-1916, panorama of blooming lilacs.

Newsreel of 1915-1916: movement of the Russian cavalry across the river.

Soldiers in the forest at a bivouac.

Illustrations in the Persian style.

Persian miniatures by N. Gumilyov.

Image of a hussar on a postcard, texts of Gumilyov's letters to Reisner.

Blooming lilacs against the background of the wall of a house, texts of Reisner's reply letters to Gumilyov are heard in the background.

Photograph of Reisner.

Postcard with a photograph of the Chinese.

Newsreel of 1916: military funeral, soldiers carrying a coffin, a company of soldiers with rifles over their shoulders follows the coffin.

Interior view of an Orthodox church, the Royal Doors opening, a crucifix in the altar.

Gumilev’s autograph on a book page.

Newsreel from 1917: artillery guns on tram platforms in Petrograd.

Trucks with soldiers on the streets of Petrograd in February-March 1917. Demonstrations and rallies in revolutionary Petrograd, Gumilev’s poems on a postcard dated February 23, 1917. Soldiers’ demonstration in Petrograd.

Staging: a military brass band marches through the streets of Petrograd and past the fence of the Summer Garden.

Bust of Ariadna, photograph of Gumilev (combined photography).

Handwritten order by Reisner regarding the fate of Gumilev’s letters in the event of her death.

Photograph of Reisner at her desk.

Title pages of L. M. Reisner’s books “Afghanistan”, “Coal, Iron and People”.

Seascape, the sun shining through the clouds.

Newsreel from 1918: steamships off the Volga River (panorama).

Sailors of the Volga Military Flotilla on the decks of armed steamships, preparing troops for landing.

Flotilla Commander F.F. Raskolnikov and his flag secretary and intelligence officer L.M. Reisner at an artillery gun on the deck of one of the ships, the texts of Reisner's letters from the Volga, published in the Izvestia newspaper, are heard in the background.

Clouds over the Admiralty building in Leningrad.

An antique bust of Ariadne on a table in a vaulted basement, among trash.

View of the Admiralty building and part of a city block.

Staging: a clock above the fireplace, posters on the walls of the House of Arts, opened in November 1919 in the former home of the banker Eliseev, artists hanging their works on the walls.

Participants of the 1921 masquerade ball at the House of Arts climb the stairs, hang up pictures.

An artist is doing New Year's decorations.

Sailors, participants of the masquerade ball, put on costumes.

Participants of the masquerade ball on the stairs in costumes, caricatures on the walls.

Masquerade ball at the House of Arts, people dancing in the hall in masquerade costumes.

Decorations on the walls and ceiling of the ballroom (panorama).

Photo portrait of Gumilev.

Panorama of the Peter and Paul Fortress at sunset, the sky is painted red-orange.

Statues in the Summer Garden in the late evening (the image is blurred, Gumilev's poems are heard in the background).

Photographs of Afghan landscapes, pasted into an album.

Tombstones in a Muslim cemetery in the late evening.

A pointed turret on the corner of a house in Leningrad, a tram passes by.

A tram travels through Leningrad at night.

Photographs by L. Reisner.

The sky is overcast.