Meetings with Gorky (1926-1936) (1969)

Monument to Maxim Gorky.

Sea, sunset.

Sea, small waves.

Chronicle of the 1920-1930s - an arch in a rock, a view of the sea.

The island of Capri, the sea, the coast.

Chapel, mountain, local residents walking along the road.

Italian women on Capri, carry jugs on their heads, houses in the frame, children on the street.

Italian city, shots of everyday life, everyday life, people on the streets, carriages passing by, in the frame workers of a shoe repair shop, a public toilet, a market, etc.

Panorama of villas, houses on the island of Capri.

In the frame - a two-story house.

View of Capri, the bay, the coast.

Boats on the water, a large ship sails by.

Gorky on the road, looking into the distance, at the bay, then leaving.

In the photograph - Maxim Gorky.

In the photograph - Gorky in his office at work.

Panorama of the photograph-portrait of Gorky.

Various photographs - a fountain pen in his hand, Gorky at his desk, Gorky at breakfast, etc.

A photograph of the writer M. M. Prishvin.

In the photograph - Gorky is sitting on a bench, lighting a cigarette.

A photograph of the writer M. M. Prishvin.

A photograph of the writer A. A. Fadeev.

A photograph of the writer F. V. Gladkov.

A chronicle of the 1920-1930s - Gorky near the bushes, looking into the distance, then turning to the camera (freeze frame).

A photograph of the writer F. V. Gladkov.

In the photograph - Gorky with the writer Gladkov.

In the photograph - Gorky with a cigarette in his hands.

Various photographs - Gorky on walks, while working on a book, etc.

In the photographs (close up) - Gorky's face.

A photograph - a villa on Capri.

In the photographs - Gorky's son Maxim (alone and with his father).

A group family photograph - Gorky with his son and grandchildren.

Photo of Gorky with his granddaughter.

Chronicle of the 1920s-1930s - Gorky walks with his granddaughter Marfa, smoking a cigarette.

Various photographs - fakirs in turbans, Gorky laughing, fooling around, a comic costume party in honor of the writer's anniversary, Gorky in a hat and glasses, Gorky on a bench, etc.

Chronicle of the 1920s-1930s - Moscow, a steam locomotive arrives at the station, a crowd of people on the platform, Gorky gets out of the carriage, smiles, greets people, a crowd of people carry Gorky in their arms, Gorky on the street in an open car, a crowd rejoicing around, a rally in honor of the writer's arrival, people with banners in the frame, delegations in a car are presented with flowers, a car drives along the streets of Moscow accompanied by cavalrymen, people surround the car, greet the writer, Gorky smokes near the mausoleum, Red Square, the mausoleum, the Spasskaya Tower.

In the photographs - Gorky in profile, Gorky with a cloak thrown over him, Gorky looking into the distance.

Photograph by Nadezhda Krupskaya.

Various photographs - Gorky surrounded by children, with a delegation, with workers.

Chronicle of the 1920s-1930s - "

Book Bazaar", a tent with the press and books, people walking in the park, people choosing books, a crowd of people, a costumed procession (book characters), Gorky smoking a cigarette, scenes from plays being acted out, Gorky surrounded by a crowd, getting into a car, a small boat with a delegation at a port on a river, workers in the frame, a panorama of a hydroelectric power station under construction, they are transporting logs, people are working at a construction site, Gorky among members of the delegation, workers are lifting a mine cart, the inscription "

Dneprostroy", a gate with a red star, a crowd headed by Gorky is walking, a military man with a bugle, military men are marching in formation, cavalry is passing by, Gorky with people.

Various photographs - Gorky giving a speech, a crowd of people.

Chronicle of the 1920s-1930s - a rally, Gorky speaks from the podium, people listen, applaud, etc.

A rally in honor of Gorky, the writer on the podium, people applaud.

A factory, a workshop, workers, Gorky surrounded by people.

An all-Union construction site, a train is moving, Gorky is in the frame.

Waves, trumpets are playing, riders are galloping on horses, cars are driving along the streets of the village, pioneers are saluting, collective farmers are greeting Gorky, a boy is examining a headlight on a car, a children's brass band is playing.

The village of Kuryazh, Gorky with a delegation walking along the central street, in the frame - the building of the boarding school (Dzerzhinsky commune), founded by Makarenko, in the frame are children, teenagers, Gorky communicates with children, the boarding school pupils go to work in the field, children in the field are harvesting hay, a banner "Our pioneer greetings to Maxim Gorky".

Gorky in group photos with the boarding school pupils.

Chronicle of the 1920-1930s - a children's brass band, children with musical instruments, etc.

Chronicle of the 1920-1930s - a car driving along the road, in the frame - the Georgian Military Road, a view of the mountains, the car with Gorky driving past a line of soldiers.

In the photo - Maxim Gorky.

Chronicle of the 1920-1930s - a steam locomotive, smoke from a chimney, the sea, a ship, small boats nearby.

Chronicle of the 1920-1930s - Italy, Sorrento, sea, bay, villas and buildings on the shore.

Photograph - Gorky on the terrace of an Italian villa.

Various photographs - his study, shelves with books, Gorky at work, Gorky on a boat, etc.

Chronicle of the 1920-1930s - sailboats at sea.

Various photographs - Gorky on a boat, Gorky smoking, Gorky at his desk while working.

In the photographs - writer Romain Rolland.

In the photograph - opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin.

Chronicle of the 1920-1930s - a gramophone, plastic instruments playing (Chaliapin's voice is heard).

Photograph of Maxim Gorky.

Chronicle of the 1920-1930s - Italy, Rome, the Colosseum, a fountain with antique figures, city streets, carriages, horses, pedestrians in the frame, Chaliapin speaks.

In the frame there are drawings of Orthodox churches, icons, etc. (decorations for the play).

In the photographs - Chaliapin as Ivan the Terrible.

Close-up - Gorky's face in the photograph.

Various photographs - Gorky in a white suit saluting, a writer, a group of people in a park among tropical plants, writer Alexei Tolstoy, Gorky's daughter-in-law Nadezhda Peshkova, Gorky surrounded by friends, writers, etc.

Chronicle of the 1920-1930s - a ship sails away, people on the deck wave their hands, Gorky in the frame, people applaud, Gorky boards the ship, talks to people, etc.

Italy, boats on the water, a folk festival, girls and women in national costumes, children, a carnival procession on the street, crowds of people, large life-size puppets, clowns, animal figures, etc., people dancing, having fun, in the frame - Maxim Gorky.

On the podium - dictator Benito Mussolini, Italian fascists marching, Mussolini greeting citizens, Italian athletes at the stadium, equestrian competitions, riders jumping through a burning circle, military training, trucks with military personnel driving with the inscription "Mussolini", frames from an old black and white film.

Close-up - Gorky's face in the photograph.

Chronicle of the 1930s - dictator Benito Mussolini, Italian fascists marching, military planes in the sky forming a figure in the form of a swastika, hands in a fascist salute, police, arrests, etc.

In the photographs - writer Romain Rolland.

Chronicle of 1932 - anti-war congress in Amsterdam, panorama of the hall, people, Romain Rolland speaking from the podium, in the frame are congress participants, speakers, etc.

In the photograph - Maxim Gorky.

Chronicle of the 1920-1930s - Italy, sea, coast, raining.

Panorama of the photograph - Gorky's study, the writer in an armchair.

Chronicle of the 1920-1930s - raining, wet roof tiles.

In the photograph - Gorky from the back.

Photograph - Italy, sea, coast.

Chronicle of the 1920-1930s - Southern Italy, sea, coast, panorama of a small town, mountains, etc.

A train is moving, people in the corridor of a compartment car, looking out the windows at the flickering landscapes.

A train arrives at a station, a sign "BSSR Negoreloye", a brass band is in the frame, a crowd of people greeting, Gorky is in the carriage window, talking to people, a crowd of people near the carriage, a man tells Gorky about the successes of the collective farm, about the development of military equipment, etc.

Buglers with horns, an airplane with the inscription "Gorky" on the wing, Gorky on the platform with party leaders, a parade of athletes in Moscow on Red Square, in the frame - Kalinin M.I., parade participants are marching.

Panorama of Soviet magazines, books.

In the frame - representatives of the creative intelligentsia, Samuil Marshak is speaking, various writers are speaking.

In the photograph - Maxim Gorky.

Gorky's House in Moscow, at the Nikitsky Gate.

Photograph - Congress of Soviet Writers, panorama of the hall, in the frame Gorky in a skullcap.

Panorama of a group photograph - in the frame - Soviet writers and playwrights.

The photograph shows a young Korney Chukovsky.

The photograph shows the writer Leonid Leonov.

The photograph shows Maxim Gorky.

Photographs of Soviet writers alternate with photographs of Maxim Gorky.

Group photograph - Gorky among writers, colleagues, etc.

The photograph shows the Soviet playwright Alexander Afinogenov.

The photograph shows Maxim Gorky.

The photograph shows Gorky lighting a cigarette.

The photograph shows the writer Mikhail Sholokhov.

Photographs of Gorky and Sholokhov alternate.

Chronicle of the 1920s-1930s - Moscow, the Kremlin, soldiers on horseback, a military parade, Stalin walking to the podium, Voroshilov on horseback, troops marching, infantry, cavalry, Gorky on the podium, various party and government officials, etc.

The photograph shows the writer Vsevolod Vishnevsky.

The photograph shows Maxim Gorky.

Photographs of Vishnevsky alternating with Gorky.

Chronicle of the 1930s - an excerpt from Gorky's play "Egor Bulychev and Others" is being performed at the Vakhtangov Theater, with actor B. Shchukin in the frame.

Chronicle of the 1930s - a rural landscape, Gorky on the balcony, looking at the park.

Hills, park, bench.

In the photograph - Maxim Gorky walking in the park.

Close-up - Gorky's face in the photograph.

In the photograph - Gorky working with a manuscript.

Chronicle of the 1930s - Gorky wearing glasses, smoking, working.

A window in Gorky's house, a drainpipe, water flowing, raining, drops running down the glass, a view from the window into the yard, at bare trees.

In the photograph - Maxim Gorky.

In the photograph - Gorky's granddaughters Marfa and Daria with their mother N. Peshkova.

A staircase in the house, carved railings.

In the photograph - Gorky at his desk, his head clasped in his hands.

Sunrise.

Gorky's silhouette in the window.

The photograph shows Gorky's son Maxim in a coffin.

The photograph shows a grieving Gorky.

The smokestack of a steamship is blaring, the steamship is sailing along the river, a panorama of the shore.

The photograph shows Maxim Gorky.

The river, a view of the shore, in the frame an Orthodox church on a hill.

The photograph shows Gorky with his granddaughter.

The river, a panorama of the shore, in the frame a rural landscape.

A chronicle of the 1930s - collective farm women with rakes are walking across a field, a group of collective farmers are waving their hands, greeting.

The steamship is sailing along the river, in the frame a shore, a view of the ancient Russian city of Plyos, a church, a bell tower, etc.

The photograph shows Gorky on the deck, looking into the distance.

The river, a panorama of the shore, in the frame a rural landscape, an Orthodox church.

View from the deck of the river, the setting sun.

A tugboat is sailing along the river.

In the frame the Volga River, the city of Plyos.

View of the river through the grating on the deck.

The surface of the river, the waves, the glare on the water.

Chronicle of the 1930s - Writers' Congress, Gorky is applauded, the column hall of the House of Unions, people in the hall, writers on the presidium (among them Boris Pasternak), various Soviet writers in the frame (S. Marshak, A. Tolstoy, etc.), various shots with people in the hall, Gorky speaking from the podium, people in the hall applauding.

Chronicle of the 1930s - Gorky and Romain Rolland, walking together, sitting on the veranda, chatting.

Romain Rolland in Moscow, boarding a train, a crowd of people with bouquets of flowers seeing him off, Romain Rolland in the train window.

Close-up - Gorky's face in the photograph.

In the photographs - Gorky and Romain Rolland.

Chronicle of the 1930s - Romain Rolland from a train window, saying goodbye to a crowd of people seeing him off.

View from the train onto the tracks.

Close-up - Gorky's face in the photograph.

View from the train onto the tracks.

The photograph shows Gorky's office.

The photograph shows Maxim Gorky.

A fireplace, a view of the shelves with figurines and vases.

The photograph shows Fyodor Chaliapin.

The photograph shows a mansion with columns.

Chronicle of the 1930s - Gorky walking in the park, surrounded by friends, colleagues and children.

Gorky sits in an armchair, hugs his granddaughters, a cameraman films the writer, Gorky plays with his granddaughters, laughs, etc.

The photograph shows Gorky in a skullcap.

Chronicle of the 1930s - Gorky at a meeting with pioneers, surrounded by smiling children, a car driving along a mountain road.

Crimea, Tesseli dacha.

Seashore, waves, stones.

The photograph shows Maxim Gorky with a shovel.

Panorama of park paths, bushes, trees.

Various photographs - a dacha in Crimea, Gorky in his office at work, shelves with books, surrounded by writers, etc.

Close-up - Gorky's face in the photograph.

Crimea, panorama of the mountains.

In the frame is a blooming garden, cypresses.

The photograph shows Gorky in the park on a bench.

The writer in various photographs.

Close-up - Gorky's eyes in the photograph.

Mountain road, trees, cypresses, mountains are visible, etc. (as if out of focus).

Chronicle of the 1930s - Gorky in a black hat.