Pavel Klushantsev - to the stars! (2000)

A boy sets fire to magnesium, a flash.

A boy runs up the stairs.

Balls swing on ropes.

A boy climbs out of a diving helmet.

A panoramic view of a study, books on the shelves, a boy at a desk.

A boy’s face, a magnifying glass in his hands.

A view of an old residential building in St.

Petersburg.

A boy runs into the room, grabs a homemade rocket from the table and runs out.

A boy runs down the street with a toy rocket in his hand.

A country landscape, children running along the river bank.

Children running to the bridge along the edge of the bank.

Children running under the bridge.

Three boys launch a homemade rocket.

The fuse burns, the rocket takes off.

A boy uses a file to sharpen a part clamped in a vice.

A photograph of Pavel Klushantsev with a movie camera in his hands in the 1930s.

Photographs of Klushantsev during the filming of a newsreel in the 1930s.

Boys with a homemade rocket run along the path of the coastal park.

Photo portrait of Klushantsev.

Photos of Klushantsev during the filming of the movie "Polar Lights".

Stills from the movie "Polar Lights", shot using combined shooting.

Assembling a homemade rocket, the boy's face.

Photo portrait of Klushantsev.

Photos of Klushantsev during the filming of documentaries, photos of the sites of combined filming.

Photo of Klushantsev with his wife Nadezhda Aleksandrovna. N.A. Klushantsev is sitting at the table, there are photos on the edge of the table.

Newsreel: Klushantsev's face in old age.

Writing device for the visually impaired, hands writing text.

Seascape.

Fragments of the popular science film "The Secret of Substance".

Old Russian glassblower at work (staging).

An alchemist conducts an experiment (staging). M.V. Lomonosov conducts an experiment in his laboratory (staging).

Butlerov conducting experiments with alcohols (staging). D.I. Mendeleyev laying out cards with symbols of chemical elements while working on the periodic table (staging).

Marie and Pierre Curie in their laboratory (staging).

View of part of a neglected park and an old tower on the bank of a reservoir.

A boy runs through the tall grass and stops (from above).

The boy looks up, a cloud floats across the sky, the starry sky opens up (combined shooting).

View of one of the star systems in space.

Fragments from Klushantsev's popular science film "The Moon": view of part of the lunar surface, magma outpouring as a result of a large meteorite (combined shooting, animation).

The process of formation of the lunar circus.

Photographs of lunar circuses, bays and seas.

Transport vehicles of the future on the Moon, views of lunar stations (animation).

People in spacesuits walk along the parapet of the station (staging).

Newsreel from 1964-1965: Klushantsev and his film crew during the filming of the movie "Luna".

Faces of Klushantsev and cameraman Klimov.

Fragments of the movie "Luna".

Photograph of the filming of one of the staged episodes of the movie "Luna".

Fragments of the popular science and fiction movie "Mars".

Photographs of Klushantsev during the filming of the movie, conversations with scientists.

Fragments of the movie "Mars", scientists studying nematodes.

Nematodes under the eyepiece of a microscope.

Scientists in the laboratory.

Wind vortices in the desert.

A dog in a spacesuit on the surface of Mars.

Views of the supposed surface of Mars, the fauna of Mars (staging).

Photo portrait of Klushantsev.

Photographs from the film sets of Klushantsev's films, photo portrait of aviation engineer and writer Boris Lyapunov.

One of the entrances to the Lenfilm studio.

View of part of the wall of the Lenfilm building behind the thickets of bushes.

View of part of the building of the Lennauchfilm film studio.

Photos from the filming of one of Klushantsev's films, photos of the scenery for the film.

Photos of the filming and animation shots for Klushantsev's films.

Photos of the filming of astronauts in a state of weightlessness in the film "Road to the Stars".

Fragments of the film with astronauts in a state of weightlessness.

Astronauts in outer space (staging).

A model of a spaceship in one of the episodes of the film.

An astronaut walking in outer space (staging).

Fragments of the film "Road to the Stars".

Newsreel: Klushantsev in the last years of his life.

Klushantsev's face.

Acceleration of jet aerosleds.

Fragment with Tsiolkovsky from the film "Road to the Stars" (staged scene).

Launch of the GIRD rocket by Korolev's group (staging).

Fragments from the film illustrating the essence of jet propulsion and weightlessness.

A fragment of the film illustrating cosmic speeds (staging, animation).

Reports in Soviet and foreign newspapers about the launch of the world's first artificial Earth satellite in 1957. Newsreel from 1957: a view of a movie theater hall, spectators taking their seats.

View of a movie theater auditorium.

The title and credits of Klushantsev's film "The Road to the Stars".

Fragments of the film "The Road to the Stars", a man working in outer space.

Newsreel from 1965: the first manned spacewalk.

Mission Control Center employees at the control panel.

American astronauts landing on the Moon in 1969. Fragment from the film "The Road to the Stars", the launch of a spacecraft (staging).

Fragments from Klushantsev's film "Planet of Storms", landing of cosmonauts on the surface of Venus, battle with aliens (staging).

Newsreel: Klushantsev in his last years at home.

Klushantsev's face.

The boy stands among tall grass and looks at the sky.