The film is dedicated to the great Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky. The plot includes stories about the main events in the composer's life, reviews of the most significant works, fragments of opera productions and musical concerts.
Monument to P.I. Tchaikovsky at the Moscow Conservatory.
Orchestra on stage.
Dissolve: orchestra playing, music pages.
Dissolve: score of the opera "Eugene Onegin", frames from the feature film-opera.
Dissolve: score of the ballet "The Nutcracker", actors on stage.
Dissolve: score of the 1st Piano Concerto with Orchestra, musicians playing.
Portrait of P.I. Tchaikovsky.
Dissolve: portrait, theater posters.
Cartoon: notes in a running line against the background of a map, concert halls and sea waves.
Railway track.
Train wheels.
Natural landscapes.
The composer's house in Klin.
Sign on the doors.
Staircase.
The door opens.
Living room-study.
The composer's desk.
Home library.
Sheet music.
Furnishings of the room.
Portrait of P.I. Tchaikovsky.
Dissolve: portrait, running line.
Moscow Moscow region
Autumn
The P.I. Tchaikovsky Estate Museum in Votkinsk, night.
The door opens.
Dark rooms, candles burning.
Interspersed: family portraits and photographs.
Orchestrion (orchestra).
Portrait of W.A. Mozart.
Portrait of P.I. Tchaikovsky as a child.
Candle and writing instruments on the table.
The composer’s childhood notes.
Piano in the living room.
Petition of P.I. Tchaikovsky’s mother for her son’s enrollment in the School of Law.
Photograph.
Views of St.
Petersburg.
A troika passes a border post, it is raining.
Wheels of the carriage.
A troika in the rain.
Road mud.
View from the classroom window.
Streams of rain on glass.
Dissolve: photograph against the background of rain.
Wet glass.
Interspersed: photographs, class register.
Interspersed: the school’s music room (watercolor), photographs.
Archival documents.
Photograph of the composer in his youth.
Study furnishings.
Archival documents.
Infuse: documents, correspondence, notes, portraits.
Running line: a quote from the composer's letter.
Udmurt Republic Leningrad
Autumn
Running line: notes by P.I. Tchaikovsky.
Photographs.
Conservatory exam program.
Sheet music.
Diploma of graduation from the St.
Petersburg Conservatory.
Cartoon: snow falling against the background of paintings with views of the historical part of Moscow.
Photograph.
Newspaper issues.
Drawing.
Pages of a collection of folk songs.
Photographs.
Sheet music of P.I. Tchaikovsky's works.
Conservatory corridors.
Staircase.
Photograph.
Composer's apartment.
Dissolve: piano, ballet dancers on stage.
Fragment of the ballet "Swan Lake".
Composer's apartment.
Leningrad Moscow
Rural landscapes of Kamenka.
The house of P.I. Tchaikovsky's sister.
The living room.
Piano keyboard.
The composer's notebook.
The living room.
Sunset over the river.
Fog over the water.
Women in folk costumes on the bank.
A blooming garden.
Dissolve: flowers, the pianist's hands.
The 1st Piano Concerto is being performed, S.T. Richter is at the piano.
Interspersed with: blooming gardens, spring flood.
Landscape near Moscow.
Dissolve: landscape, cover of the score of the opera "Eugene Onegin".
The Shilovsky estate, living room furnishings.
Pages of the novel by A.S. Pushkin.
Cartoon work: notes in the text, writing notes.
Music page.
Notes on the piano.
Richter S.T. -- pianist
People's Artist of the USSR
the first Grammy Award winner in the USSR.
Moscow Moscow region Ukraine
Spring
Living room in the estate.
View from the doors to the garden.
Fragment of the film-opera "Eugene Onegin".
Views of the estate park.
Grand piano in the living room.
Moscow region
Summer
Landscapes of the Moscow region.
Sheet music of works by P.I. Tchaikovsky.
Collections of poems.
Pages of collections with notes by the composer.
Romance "I opened the window".
Cartoon: creation of a romance.
Views of the manor park.
House behind the trees, the light goes out in the window.
Running line: notes by P.I. Tchaikovsky.
Pages of the composer's diary.
Dissolve: maps, views of cities.
Photographs.
Personal belongings of the composer.
A man opens a notebook.
Pages of the book.
Cartoon: notes by the composer, musical drafts.
Moscow region
Summer
Fragment of the film-opera "The Queen of Spades".
Running line: the composer's entry on a sheet of music.
Railway track.
Views from the train window.
Klin house of P.I. Tchaikovsky.
Autumn garden, leaf fall.
Views of the house from the central alley.
Veranda.
Living room.
Photo portrait of the composer.
Rooms of the house.
Rough notes of Symphony No. 6 on the table.
Storm clouds.
Strong wind in the garden.
Dissolve: the composer's notes against the background of the garden.
Wind in the garden.
Clouds above the trees.
The wind drives the leaves.
Dissolve: fallen leaves, notes.
The orchestra performs the symphony.
Newsreel footage: An open-air concert in a village.
Faces of collective farmers.
A concert in a factory workshop.
Alternation: spectators in concert halls, musicians, conductors.
Portrait of P.I. Tchaikovsky.
Moscow Moscow region
Autumn