The film tells the story of the life of sculptor and graphic artist Ernst Neizvestny, who has lived abroad since 1976.
E. Neizvestny in his studio in New York talks about how he sees a film about himself, talks about the reasons for his emigration, about the struggle for survival, about "synthetic monumentalism", about the position of the Soviet government in relation to artists, about the "anthropological" crime of the Soviet government, about the provocations of the authorities against him, about the civic principle in art and opportunism, about the tasks of the artist (synch.).
A panorama of the artist's studio in New York.
Arkady Watsberg talks with E. Neizvestny in the studio (synch.).
A panorama of E. Neizvestny's monumental work "The Tree of Life". E. Neizvestny's students work in his studio, talk about their teacher (synch.).
New York, May 1989. Exhibition of E. Neizvestny's bronzes at the Nahankin Gallery on Madison Avenue.
The artist B.A. Dizhur's mother, his daughter, and friends at the vernissage. B.A. Dizhur talks about his son and reads his poems (synchronized). E. Neizvestny talks about his work on the monument to the victims of Stalin's regime and his vision of the monument (synchronized).
Neizvestny and his students work on the monument.
Model of the monument. E. Neizvestny paints a picture in his studio and receives visitors.
The artist talks about how he fought in the Great Patriotic War and reads his poems about the war (synchronized).
Crucifixion - A. Tarkovsky's tombstone (by E. Neizvestny).
July 1989, Sheremetyevo Airport. E. Neizvestny arrives in Moscow as a member of the US state delegation. E. Neizvestny speaks to the audience and talks about the concept of the word "
freedom" (synchronized). E. Neizvestny goes to his former house in Moscow, to the house where his studio was located in the 70s, goes to the grave of N.S. Khrushchev at the Novodevichy Cemetery, talks about how he worked on the tombstone of the former leader of the country. E. Neizvestny in the suburbs of Sverdlovsk.
Views of Sverdlovsk - the city of the artist's youth.
View of an Orthodox church in a Ural village in summer.
Sweden: rural landscapes; interiors of the E. Neizvestny Museum.
Views of New York.
Passers-by on the streets of the city.
Sculptures by E. Neizvestny on the streets of the city.
River landscapes. E. Neizvestny and his daughter are sailing on a boat.
The artist's daughter talks about her father, about his life in America (synchronized).
The film uses newsreel footage from 1973: E. Neizvestny working in his studio in Moscow, sculptures in the courtyard of the studio.
Cities, Landscapes, Airports, Sculpture, Painting, graphics, Exhibitions, Museums, Funeral business