sketches of optimism (1970)

The story of the book of Mechnikov "Etudes of optimism"; It discusses the emergence of utopian literature in times of heavy historical changes on the example of selected publications and their authors.

Student years and the beginning of scientific research Mechnikov; as illustrations used in various archives, paintings and staged photography.

Activities Mechnikov abroad, laboratory tests and recording the development of scientific theories; It shows the scientific literature, archival photographs and correspondence, the work of modern scientists.

It is also used in the film chronicle of the second half of XIX - early XX century and a fragment of an interview with B.I.Kleynom.