The idea (1993)

The house where the poet Nikolai Rubtsov lived - the door to the apartment, the number "65" on the door, a panorama of the wall, the stairs in the entrance, a window.

The door to the entrance opens.

The open door of the entrance, a panorama of the walls of the house, snowdrifts near the entrance, the road.

Panorama of a wooden one-story house.

The white door opens, a police officer appears in the doorway.

A photograph of Rubtsov's fiancée - the aspiring poetess Lyudmila Derbina.

A police officer is standing in the doorway.

A photograph of Derbina.

The policeman turns in the doorway, goes inside, walks along the corridors of the police station (the camera follows him).

A candle flame appears in the darkness.

A photograph of the young Derbina.

A photograph of the poet Nikolai Rubtsov.

Russian rural landscape - a view of a village, a river.

Lyudmila Derbina walks along the road, looks around, admires the scenery.

In the frame - the domes of the Orthodox church, the roofs of village houses.

Lyudmila Derbina speaks.

Photos by Nikolay Rubtsov and Lyudmila Derbina (alternating, superimposed).

Derbina speaking.

St.

Petersburg, the Spit of Vasilievsky Island, a panorama of the Stock Exchange building and the Rostral Column, a boat sailing along the river.

An Orthodox church is in the frame.

Panorama of the bank: bushes, a field, a river visible in the distance.

St.

Sophia Cathedral in Vologda.

Views of Vologda - St.

Sophia Cathedral, a bridge across the river (Oktyabrsky Bridge), etc.

Panorama of the Vologda River, a temple on the bank.

A small wooden village church.

View of wooden houses, a fence, trees.

Landscapes of the Russian north, Arkhangelsk region - views of fields, a river, trees, etc.

Girls in a group photo.

Photo of a young Derbina.

Derbina in a group photo with her sisters.

In a group photo, Derbina with her sisters and friends.

Winter Vologda landscape - a view of St.

Sophia Cathedral, snow, a frozen river.

View of the stairs leading down to the embankment.

Vologda, two-story wooden house, panorama of a small church, etc.

Summer, view of the Vologda River, St.

Sophia Cathedral.

View of the stairs leading to the river, a church can be seen on the other bank.

Ruins of an ancient stone church, view of village houses.

Panorama of village log huts, a large woodpile, a yard - cattle are grazing in the yard.

Panorama of village log houses.

In the frame - a small river Tolshma in the Vologda region.

Panorama of the river, bank, village houses.

Family photo - little Kolya Rubtsov is in the frame.

Ruins of a temple, building materials are lying nearby.

Panorama of the stone ruins of a church.

Village landscape - field, river, forest in the distance.

Rubtsov in a childhood photo.

Riga, railway bridge, view of the Daugava River and the Old Town (taken from a train window).

Chronicle of the 1950s - Riga, Daugava, a barge is floating, a view of the city, a bridge, towers and churches of the Old Town, fishermen in boats near the shore, young cadets of the naval school on the embankment, a panorama of the old town, the river, the embankment.

Rural landscape - a panorama of a field, village houses, a church (Spaso-Sumorinsky Monastery in Totma).

Photograph of a young Nikolai Rubtsov.

In the old photographs - Rubtsov's father.

Arkhangelsk, the sea, a small vessel is floating.

Night, a lighthouse is burning at sea.

Storm, waves at sea.

In the photographs - Rubtsov during his compulsory service as a sailor with his comrades in the navy.

Storm, waves at sea.

Streets of St.

Petersburg, traffic.

A street in the city, close-up - an old building with sculptures in niches (the building of the Library Institute).

In the group photograph - Derbina with her fellow students from the institute.

Various photographs by Nikolai Rubtsov.

The photograph shows a young Derbina with her friends.

Close-up - a lighthouse, a stormy sky.

Various shots of the sea.

Derbina with friends in a group photo.

Various group photos where Derbina is present - on Red Square, near the Tsar Cannon.

Moscow, evening, view of a high-rise building from the embankment.

Stills from the feature film "Zastava Ilyicha", where Derbina performs on stage at an evening of poets (newsreel footage included in the film).

A performance by poet Andrei Voznesensky is shown.

Derbina is speaking.

The river bank, a red bus drives onto the bank from a barge.

A village, a view of a fence, wooden houses.

Near the ruins there is a woodpile with firewood.

In the frame - village children.

Panorama of the fence, village houses.

A village house.

The photograph shows Rubtsov's house in the village.

A photograph of Rubtsov reading a letter.

Panorama of a small river, the bank, etc.

The photograph shows Rubtsov with an accordion near a hut, with villagers sitting nearby.

Village children are sitting on a fence.

Old sheds on the bank, a panorama of the river, village houses.

Derbina speaking.

Winter, snow, trees.

Winter landscape, a church can be seen in the distance.

Summer, a view of the river, the outlines of the church can be seen on the other bank.

Autumn, a village landscape, a view of the river.

Winter, snow, a church can be seen through the tree branches.

A staircase in the snow leading to the river, a panorama of the church.

A field of ripening wheat, village houses can be seen in the distance.

A village street in the snow, a view of the houses.

A village landscape - a snow-covered field, ancient buildings, a church, etc. can be seen in the distance.

Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery on the shore of Lake Siverskoye in the Vologda Region.

Winter village landscape, a view of the church.

Winter, snow, trees.

Der'ina speaking.

Various photos with Lyudmila Derbina and her husband.

Various photos with Nikolay Rubtsov.

Vologda, a small quiet street, a view of old three-story wooden houses.

Stairs in the entrance of the house, a window, the camera goes up.

Panorama of the apartment doors.

Photos of Nikolay Rubtsov and Lyudmila Derbina (alternating, overlapping).

Derbina speaking.

The Church of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem in Totma, a view of the river, pier, barges, boats, the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, etc.

Derbina goes up from the pier along the wooden steps, a panorama of the river.

Close-up - Derbina's face.

View of the river, village, field (shot from above, from the hill).

Derbina walks along the river, past the fence.

Panorama of the church building.

Photos of Nikolay Rubtsov and Lyudmila Derbina (alternating, overlapping).

Derbina speaking.

Derbina is standing on a country road, looking at a field.

Panorama of the field.

Close-up - Lyudmila Derbina.

Derbina leaves the road, goes to the field.

In the center of the field there is a dry tree.

Derbina is speaking.

In the photographs - Derbina with her little daughter.

Derbina is speaking.

In the photographs - Rubtsov and Derbina.

Derbina is speaking.

A photograph with Rubtsov playing the guitar, surrounded by friends.

In the photographs - the writer Karyakina M.S., Nikolai Rubtsov and others.

Winter, snow, a country road, village houses are visible in the distance.

Evening, a field, a white square appears in the sky.

In the photograph - Derbina's parents.

Derbina is speaking.

In the photograph - Derbina with her parents.

Flights of stairs, windows in the entrance, the camera goes up.

Photographs of Rubtsov and Derbina alternate.

Winter landscape - figures skating on a specially filled path, kids having fun on a hill nearby, a panorama of a church.

Children with sleds, a panorama of a frozen river, a church on the other bank.

Children sledding down a hill, a view of the church.

Fishermen on the river near the ice holes, children with sleds, a view of the church.

Derbina speaking.

Photos from Rubtsov's funeral.

Derbina speaking.

Lyudmila Derbina in a group photo.

Close-up - Derbina's face.

Group photos of sailors.

The photo shows Nikolai Rubtsov during his service in the navy.

Photo of a young Derbina.

Photos of Nikolai Rubtsov and Lyudmila Derbina (alternating, superimposed on each other).

Derbina in Totma, walking along a wooden footbridge along a village street, a church is visible in the background.

Derbina walking along a path along a fence.

The river bank, Derbina sitting in a boat by the water - a view of the river.