Chastushki are Russian miniatures, the most striking genre of the 20th century in Russia. Free, uncensored, it lived and lives in the popular environment, thanks to the talent of anonymous authors.
Moscow, GUM. Visitors in the store galleries. M.I.Vilisov walks through the store with an accordion and sings ditties.
View of the 1st floor of GUM from the upper gallery.
On the 1st floor, people sing ditties and dance. M.I.Vilisov sings and plays the accordion.
A man rummages in his bag.
A policeman talks to M.I.Vilisov and tries to disperse the crowd.
People's faces.
The policeman leaves.
Newsreel from the first half of the 20th century.
A female trio sings ditties.
The audience applauds.
People stand up. M.I.Vilisov enters the house, closes the door, turns on the light, takes off his hat and sits down on a bench.
Newsreel from the first half of the 20th century.
Circus arena, a rider on a horse jumps through a burning hoop.
Soldiers in the spectator rows.
Circus artists perform a trick riding show.
An accordion player under the belly of a galloping horse. M.I.Vilisov narrates. M.I.Vilisov plays the accordion.
Crooked sheds.
A country house.
A man adjusts a board for repairs. M.I.Vilisov plays the accordion and sings ditties.
Notebooks on the table by the window.
A country house.
An axe in a log. M.I.Vilisov narrates.
Newsreel: an excerpt from A.I.Raikin's performance.
A girl sings ditties.
Vilisov M.I. -- author and performer
folklore collector
Artistic director of the folklore ensemble KrAsota. Raikin A.I. -- theater actor
pop
movie
director
humorist
People's Artist of the USSR.
1920-1949 1960s
Moscow Moscow region Perm region
Winter
"Like Vitya Bokov's..." A country house, a car parked at the entrance.
A garden path.
A man walking through the garden.
People in the garden. V.F. Bokov plays the balalaika and sings ditties.
Apples on the branches.
A woman picks apples.
A basket of apples on the ground. V.F. Bokov narrates.
A duet of balalaika and button accordion.
Picking apples from branches using a bag on a stick. V.F. Bokov sings ditties to the accompaniment of the balalaika and button accordion.
People hug, V.F. Bokov's family picks apples. V.F. Bokov narrates.
An apple on a branch.
A woman with a basket stands on a stepladder. V.F. Bokov narrates. V.F. Bokov's family picks apples. V.F. Bokov sings ditties to the accompaniment of the balalaika and button accordion.
Fallen maple leaves on the path.
Alternation: fragments of stories by V. F. Bokov and views of the garden.
Apples on the table. "Military ditty".
In a dark room, a woman sings ditties to the guitar.
Alternation: soldiers' faces, people dancing in the house to ditties.
Soldiers riding in the back of a truck.
Cyanotype shooting: view of the forest and freight cars.
Soldiers riding in the back of a truck.
Bokov V.F. -- poet
prose writer
Folklore collector.
Moscow Moscow region
Autumn Winter
M.I.Vilisov sorts out folders, documents, letters.
Altai accordion on the shelf.
Accordion on the bench.
A butterfly is crawling along the window frame. M.I.Vilisov takes out and shows the letters. M.I.Vilisov and his wife are sorting out photographs. M.I.Vilisov talks about the letters, reads an excerpt.
View from the window onto the barn.
It is snowing.
A cow is looking out of the barn.
Geese are walking around the yard.
Tree branches above the roof. M.I.Vilisov.
Accordion on the bench, interior items.
Family members. M.I.Vilisov reads a letter.
A butterfly is crawling along the window frame.
A man is walking across the yard.
View from the window. M.I.Vilisov puts the letter in his suitcase, takes off his glasses and wipes his eyes.
The light bulb is on.
Icicles.
Buckets in the yard. M.I.Vilisov takes a balalaika off the wall and plays.
A woman combs a girl's hair. M.I.Vilisov sings ditties.
Firewood on the floor.
A man carries buckets of water.
A view of the river, with boats upside down on the bank. M.I.Vilisov.
A woman with a child. M.I.Vilisov narrates. "Perestroika, perestroika..." A choir plays folk instruments and sings ditties.
People at the entrance to the temple.
Alternation: a folk choir sings, people in the park fill the attraction.
A gloved hand with a banknote rises above the people's heads.
The attraction is launched.
A working attraction, black-and-white negative.
A man walks in the snow.
Vilisov M.I. -- author and performer
folklore collector
Artistic director of the folklore ensemble KrAsota.
Moscow Perm Krai
Summer Winter
Country house, corner of log house.
View of forest. M.I.Vilisov standing in snow near house wall.
Logs under snow.
River flows between snowdrifts. M.I.Vilisov.
Rehearsal of folk ensemble.
Girl putting on lipstick. M.I.Vilisov plays accordion and sings ditties.
Members of "Krasota" ensemble.
Portrait of V.I.Lenin. M.I.Vilisov.
Girl touching up her makeup near mirror.
Girl sitting on floor with book.
Fragment of ensemble performance.
Curtain goes down. M.I.Vilisov with accordion. M.I.Vilisov's family. M.I.Vilisov plays accordion and sings ditties.
Winter landscape.
Man walking towards forest. M.I.Vilisov and his family talking to journalists.
They open safe. N.K.Starshinov takes accordion out of safe and shows it to journalists.
An accordion is placed on the table. "A ditty with pictures".
People in the park.
Performing ditties and folk dances.
Cars are driving along the road.
A man on a unicycle with an accordion in his hands is riding towards the traffic.
A man on a unicycle is entering the park.
Women are singing ditties and dancing.
A man is riding through the park.
The treetops are swirling.
Women are singing and dancing, men are playing the accordions.
Members of the orchestra are wearing formal tailcoats.
Shots of folk festivities alternate with views of the park. N.K.Starshinov.
Vilisov M.I. -- author and performer
folklore collector
Artistic director of the folklore ensemble KrAsota. Starshinov N.K. -- poet
Folklore collector.
Moscow Perm Krai
Autumn Winter
Bookshelves.
A tie on a plaster bust. N.K.Starshinov narrates.
A fragment of a wall calendar. N.K.Starshinov.
Public festivities in the park, people of different ages dancing and singing ditties.
Faces of spectators.
Ostankino Tower in the fog.
A man dancing on a park path. N.K.Starshinov narrates.
Singing people getting on a tram.
Traffic on the streets of Moscow late in the evening.
People walking past shop windows. M.I.Vilisov with a knapsack.
People singing in a tram.
View from the tram windows.
Mannequins in the shop windows.
Singing tram passengers.
View from the tram windows.
People going down into the metro.
Vilisov M.I. -- author and performer
folklore collector
Artistic director of the folklore ensemble KrAsota. Starshinov N.K. -- poet
Folklore collector.
Moscow Perm Krai
Autumn
M.I.Vilisov.
Advertising poster. "Dialogue 70 Years Later (Screen Audition)". M.I.Vilisov is drinking tea.
A man is talking on the phone.
People are talking in the room. N.S.Mikhalkov enters and greets M.I.Vilisov.
A man with a video camera.
Conversation between N.S.Mikhalkov and M.I.Vilisov.
A poster on the wall. N.S.Mikhalkov and M.I.Vilisov greet each other again.
Elderly women in folk costumes play multi-barreled flutes (Pan Flutes).
People's faces on the street.
Posters on the walls. N.S.Mikhalkov is narrating.
A man with a video camera is filming a creative meeting between N.S.Mikhalkov and M.I.Vilisov.
Images of N.S.Mikhalkov and M.I.Vilisov alternate with the faces of other guests.
Older women in folk costumes play multi-barreled flutes. M.I.Vilisov with an accordion.
A poster on the wall. N.S.Mikhalkov.
People in a room. M.I.Vilisov.
People gather in a dark room of a village house.
Older women in headscarves.
A man with a video camera. N.S.Mikhalkov. M.I.Vilisov plays and sings.
During the conversation, the faces of M.I.Vilisov, N.S.Mikhalkov and the posters on the walls alternate.
People are standing in line on the street. N.S.Mikhalkov is narrating. M.I.Vilisov and the members of the ensemble are walking along the corridor.
The people gathered in the room are listening to M.I.Vilisov.
A man writes a number on his palm.
A gloved hand with a banknote rises above the people's heads.
People hand money to the sellers.
Alternation: cyanotype shot (view of forest and freight cars), many people, policemen in the crowd. N.S. Mikhalkov and M.I. Vilisov embrace.
A man leaves the room.
Posters on the wall.
Cyanotype shot: view of forest and freight cars. M.I. Vilisov plays the accordion and sings ditties.
An abandoned village house against the backdrop of a forest.
A man walks along a country road.
Vilisov M.I. -- author and performer
folklore collector
Artistic director of the folklore ensemble KrAsota. Mikhalkov N.S. -- actor
director
screenwriter
People's Artist of the RSFSR.
Moscow Perm Krai
Autumn Winter
"A Socialist Camp Ditty".
Newsreel: Children Playing the Button Accordion. M.I.Vilisov at his desk.
On the desk are notebooks, sheets of paper with texts, and a typewriter.
On the wall under the light bulb is a drawing.
Letters are tucked behind the electrical wires. M.I.Vilisov is working with texts. M.I.Vilisov is playing the accordion and singing ditties.
A window.
An elderly woman is handing a man a chromatic accordion.
A dog is peeking out from under the table.
The woman is propping one edge of the accordion against the wall.
A man is playing the accordion.
Dogs are playing in the middle of the room.
A man's face.
A man is flexing his fingers.
A man takes a handkerchief out of his pocket and wipes himself with it.
Playing the accordion.
Reflections of people and cars in the glass.
Entrance to the airport, people are walking through the hall, a child is playing near the automatic doors.
A cage with a dog.
People are checking their luggage.
A woman in a hat.
An airplane on the airfield.
People's faces.
Passenger check-in.
A man waves his hand.
A woman in a red hat is reflected in the glass.
An airplane takes off.
The tail of the airplane with the image of the USSR flag.
A man plays the chromatic accordion.
View from the window.
People are walking through the village, in the group you can distinguish men with an accordion and a balalaika.
Wires and a pole against the sky.
Vilisov M.I. -- author and performer
folklore collector
Artistic director of the folklore ensemble KrAsota.
Moscow Perm Krai
Autumn Winter