The film tells about the work of the artist Pavel Dmitrievich Korin on the little-known painting "Rus' Departure" ("Requiem").








The image of Christ the Savior.
A candle lit from the fire of a lamp.
Self-portrait of the artist Pavel Korin.
Photograph of the funeral of Patriarch Tikhon.
Newsreel from 1925: views of the courtyard of the Donskoy Monastery (top), people at the funeral of Patriarch Tikhon in 1925, alternates with photographs of Patriarch Tikhon in the coffin and the hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church present at the funeral.
Views of the territory of the Donskoy Monastery, people at the funeral of the patriarch.
Self-portrait of Pavel Korin.
Landscapes of the village of Palekh created by Korin, a painting depicting the interior of a peasant hut.
Self-portrait of P. Korin.
Full-length portraits of clergy and monks created by Korin.
Sketches from life in Korin's studio, for his painting "Rus' Leaving".
Faces of clergy in Korin's sketches.
Portrait of Metropolitan Tryphon, the face and hands of the metropolitan in the painting.
Portrait of a schema nun with a candle, the face of the schema nun, fragments of the portrait.
The image of a village priest created for the painting.
The image of a protodeacon with a censer.
The image of a young monk, painted as a study for the painting.
Portrait of a nun.
Images of a blind man, a beggar and a cripple, fragments of images.
Portrait of Schema-Abbess Mother Thamar.
Group sketches-fragments painted by Korin for the painting: "Father and Son", "Three Women", "Schema-Abbot and Hieromonk", details and fragments of sketches, faces of people depicted in the sketches.
Church candles are burning.
Self-portrait of P. Korin.
Autumn landscapes of Palekh painted by Korin (panorama).
Self-portrait of Korin.
Sketches and sketches of the cathedrals of the Moscow Kremlin created by Korin.
Korin's paintings depicting the interiors of the Assumption Cathedral.
Stepladder and sketches for a painting in the artist's studio, canvas on the wall.
Portrait of A. M. Gorky.
Portrait of the artist M. V. Nesterov.
Sketches for fragments of Korin's painting "Rus' Leaving".
Sketch, a reduced version of the painting, painted by Korin.
Images of people and fragments of the original sketch.
Faces of the clergy in the painting.
Panorama of the painting.
Burning candles in front of the icon of the Mother of God.
Burning and flaring candles on the canon (combined photography).
Photo portrait of Pavel Korin in old age.
Canvas on the wall, Korin's painting "Rus' Leaving" appears on the canvas (combined photography).
Sketches for the painting, displayed under the canvas.
Panorama of the sketches.
Faces of the characters in the painting on the sketches.
Burning candles in front of the icons of the Mother of God and Christ the Savior.
1991
Moscow
Spring