CHASTUSHKA - THE XXth CENTURY. (1989)

Documentary №61, 7 parts, duration: 1:08:21
Production: Krasnoyarsk studio
Director:Miroshnichenko S.
Screenwriters:Miroshnichenko S., Pinaeva M.
Camera operators:Ermolin Yu.
Composers:Gavrilin V.

Annotation:

Chastushkas (short funny folk songs) are Russian miniatures and probably the brightest genre of the XX century in Russia. Free and ungovernable by censorship, it has been flourishing thanks to anonymous authors.

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Moscow, GUM. Visitors in the galleries of the store. M.I.Vilisov goes shopping with accordion and sings ditties.

View of the 1st floor of GUM with the upper galleries.

On the 1st floor of people sing and dance ditties.

M.I.Vilisov sings and plays the accordion.

The man rummaging in a bag.

Policeman talking to M.I.Vilisovym and tries to disperse the crowd.

People's faces.

Policeman leaves.

Newsreel of the first half of the XX century.

Female trio sings ditties.

The audience applauded.

People stand.

M.I.Vilisov comes in, closes the door, turns on the light, takes off his hat and sits on the bench.

Newsreel of the first half of the XX century.

Arena circus rider on a horse jumping through a flaming hoop.

The military in the ranks of the audience.

Performers perform trick riding.

The accordion under the belly of a galloping horse.

Tells M.I.Vilisov. M.I.Vilisov plays the accordion.

The rickety barns.

Rural house.

Man customize the board for repair. M.I.Vilisov plays the accordion and sings ditties.

Notebook on a table by the window.

Rural house.

Axe in log.

Tells M.I.Vilisov.

Newsreel: excerpt performances A.I.Raykina.

She sings ditties.

Personnel:

Vilisov MI - Author and performer, collector of folklore, artistic director of the folk ensemble of beauty. AI Raikin - Theater actor, stage, film, director, comedian, People's Artist of the USSR.

Calendar: 1920-1949 1960s

Locations: Moscow [820] Moscow region [788] Perm Krai [763]

Seasons: Winter [823]

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"As Viti Bokova ..." Holiday house at the entrance is a car.

Garden path.

In the garden is a man.

People in the garden. V.F.Bokov plays the balalaika and singing ditties.

Apples on the branches.

A woman collects apples.

Basket with apples on the ground.

Tells V.F.Bokov.

The duo balalaika and accordion.

Collect apples from branches using the bag on a stick.

V.F.Bokov sings ditties under the balalaika and accordion.

People embrace family V.F.Bokova collects apples.

Tells V.F.Bokov.

Apple on a branch.

A woman with a basket standing on a ladder.

Tells V.F.Bokov.

Family V.F.Bokova collects apples. V.F.Bokov sings ditties under the balalaika and accordion.

Fallen maple leaves on the track.

Alternation: fragments of stories V.F.Bokova and garden views.

Apples on the table. "Chastushka military."

In a dark room, a woman singing with a guitar ditties.

Alternation: faces of the soldiers, the people dancing in the house under the ditties.

Soldiers riding in a truck.

Shooting in cyanotype: view of the forest and wagons.

Soldiers riding in a truck.

Personnel:

Bokov VF - Poet, writer, collector of folklore.

Locations: Moscow [820] Moscow region [788]

Seasons: Autumn [826] Winter [823]

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M.I.Vilisov examines folders, documents, letters.

Altai squeeze on the shelf.

Harmony on the bench.

On the window frame butterfly creeps. M.I.Vilisov pulls out and shows letter.

M.I.Vilisov his wife disassemble pictures. M.I.Vilisov talks about the letters, reads an excerpt.

The view from the window on the barn.

It's snowing.

From the crib looks cow.

Walk around the yard geese.

The branches of the tree on the roof. M.I.Vilisov.

Harmony on the bench, interior.

The members of the family. M.I.Vilisov reads the letter.

On the window frame butterfly creeps.

According to the court passes a person.

View from the window. M.I.Vilisov puts a letter in a suitcase, takes off his glasses and wiping his eyes.

Lit lamp.

Icicles.

Buckets in the yard. M.I.Vilisov removes the wall balalaika playing.

Woman combs girl. M.I.Vilisov sings ditties.

Fire wood on the floor.

A man carrying a bucket of water.

View of the river, on the shore are turned upside down boat.

M.I.Vilisov.

Woman with child.

Tells M.I.Vilisov. "Restructuring, reorganization ..." The chorus plays a folk musical instruments and singing ditties.

People at the entrance of the temple.

Alternation: Folk Choir sings, people in the park is filled with amusement.

Above the heads of the people raised a gloved hand with banknotes.

The launch of the attraction.

Working attraction, black-and-white negative.

A man walks in the snow.

Personnel:

Vilisov MI - Author and performer, collector of folklore, artistic director of the folk ensemble of beauty.

Locations: Moscow [820] Perm Krai [763]

Seasons: Summer [824] Winter [823]

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Cottage angle framework.

View of the forest. M.I.Vilisov standing in the snow near the wall of the house.

Logs under the snow.

Between drifts river flows. M.I.Vilisov.

Rehearsal folk ensemble.

Girl paints her lips. M.I.Vilisov plays the accordion and sings ditties.

Members of the ensemble of "beauty".

Portrait of Lenin. M.I.Vilisov.

Girl corrects make-up the mirror.

On the floor sits a girl with a book.

Fragment ensemble performances.

The curtain falls. M.I.Vilisov with harmony.

Family M.I.Vilisova. M.I.Vilisov plays the accordion and sings ditties.

Winter landscape.

A man goes to the woods. M.I.Vilisov and his family told reporters.

Open the safe. N.K.Starshinov pulls out of the safe harmony and shows to journalists.

Garmon put on the table. "Chastushka picture."

People in the park.

Performance of folk dances and folk songs.

On the road going cars.

Towards motion riding man on unicycle with an accordion in his hands.

A man on a unicycle rides in the park.

Women sing and dance ditties.

A man rides through the park.

Circling the trees.

Women sing and dance, the men play up the accordion.

The members of the orchestra in the gala evening dress.

Shots festivals alternate with views of the park. N.K.Starshinov.

Personnel:

Vilisov MI - Author and performer, collector of folklore, artistic director of the folk ensemble of beauty. Starshinov NK - Poet and collector of folklore.

Locations: Moscow [820] Perm Krai [763]

Seasons: Autumn [826] Winter [823]

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Bookshelves.

Tie on a plaster bust.

Tells N.K.Starshinov.

A fragment of a wall calendar. N.K.Starshinov.

A festival in the park, people of all ages dancing and singing ditties.

Those viewers.

Ostankino Tower in the fog.

The man is dancing on a park path.

Tells N.K.Starshinov.

Singing people sit in the tram.

Traffic on the streets of Moscow in the late evening.

People walk past the shop windows. M.I.Vilisov a backpack.

People sing in the tram.

The view from the windows of the tram.

Mannequins in shop windows.

Singing tram passengers.

The view from the windows of the tram.

People go down into the subway.

Personnel:

Vilisov MI - Author and performer, collector of folklore, artistic director of the folk ensemble of beauty. Starshinov NK - Poet and collector of folklore.

Locations: Moscow [820] Perm Krai [763]

Seasons: Autumn [826]

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M.I.Vilisov.

Advertising poster. "Dialogue 70 years later (screen test)." M.I.Vilisov drinking tea.

Man talking on the phone.

The room talking people.

Included N.S.Mihalkov and greet M.I.Vilisovym.

The man with the video camera.

Talk N.S.Mihalkova and M.I.Vilisova.

A poster on the wall. N.S.Mihalkov and M.I.Vilisov re hello.

Older women in traditional dress plays in the multilateral flutes (panpipes).

Those people in the street.

Posters on the walls.

Tells N.S.Mihalkov.

The man with the video camera is shooting a creative meeting N.S.Mihalkova and M.I.Vilisova.

Images N.S.Mihalkova M.I.Vilisova and alternate with those of other guests.

Older women in traditional dress plays in the multilateral flutes. M.I.Vilisov with harmony.

A poster on the wall. N.S.Mihalkov.

People in the room. M.I.Vilisov.

People gather in a dark room farmhouse.

Older women in headscarves.

The man with the video camera.

N.S.Mihalkov. M.I.Vilisov plays and sings.

During the conversation, alternating faces M.I.Vilisova, N.S.Mihalkova and posters on the walls.

People on the street are in the queue.

Tells N.S.Mihalkov. M.I.Vilisov with members of the ensemble is on the corridor.

Those present in the room listen M.I.Vilisova.

The man wrote the number on hand.

Above the heads of the people raised a gloved hand with banknotes.

People transfer money to the seller.

Alternation: filming cyanotype (view of the forest and wagons), a lot of people, the police in the crowd.

N.S.Mihalkov M.I.Vilisov and hugging.

A man leaves the room.

Posters on the wall.

Shooting in cyanotype: view of the forest and wagons. M.I.Vilisov plays the accordion and sings ditties.

Abandoned farmhouse in a forest.

A man walking on a country road.

Personnel:

Vilisov MI - Author and performer, collector of folklore, artistic director of the folk ensemble of beauty. NS Mikhalkov - Actor, director, screenwriter, People's Artist of the RSFSR.

Locations: Moscow [820] Perm Krai [763]

Seasons: Autumn [826] Winter [823]

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"Chastushka socialist camp."

Newsreel: Children playing the accordion. M.I.Vilisov behind a desk.

On the table notebooks, sheets with lyrics and typewriter.

On the wall hangs a drawing of a light bulb.

For electric cables are enclosed letter. M.I.Vilisov working with texts. M.I.Vilisov plays the accordion and sings ditties.

Window.

An older woman gives a man a chromatic harmonica.

Because of the dog under the table looks.

Woman squeeze abuts one end of the wall.

A man plays the accordion.

In the middle of the room are busy dog.

The man's face.

A man flexing his fingers.

The man pulled out his handkerchief and wiped them.

Playing the accordion.

Reflections of people and cars in the glass.

Entrance to the airport, the room are people, a child playing near the automatic doors.

A cell with a dog.

People sit on the luggage check.

A woman in a hat.

Airplane on the airfield.

People's faces.

Registration of passengers.

The man waved his hand.

The glass reflects a woman in a red hat.

Plane takes off.

The tail of the plane with the image of the flag of the USSR. A man plays the chromatic harmonica.

View from the window.

In the village there are people in the group can be distinguished men with accordion and balalaika.

Wires and pillar against the sky.

Personnel:

Vilisov MI - Author and performer, collector of folklore, artistic director of the folk ensemble of beauty.

Locations: Moscow [820] Perm Krai [763]

Seasons: Autumn [826] Winter [823]

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