Lyokha Dostoevsky – a descendant of a genius (2001)

A tram on the depot territory, a tram driver and a conductor are coming out of the control room doors.

View of the front of the trams, the contact arc of one of the trams is raised.

The tram driver turns on the headlights and interior lighting of the tram.

The tram driver, a descendant of the great Russian writer F.M. Dostoevsky, Alexey Dostoevsky conducts a pre-trip check of the tram controls.

The tram starts moving.

Performance of the Spark Blues group, soloist V. Buzykin performs a song, accompanies himself on the cello.

The tram moves along the streets of morning St.

Petersburg, views of city streets.

The retro tram travels along Nevsky Prospekt through the Griboyedov Canal.

Trams parked on the depot territory.

Alexey Dostoevsky speaks of his ancestors as worthy people whom he should look up to (synchronously and off-screen).

Entrance to the F.M. Dostoevsky Museum.

Alexey at the museum at his great-great-grandfather's desk.

A tram driven by Alexey Dostoevsky on the route, a view of a dilapidated building.

A museum employee leads him away from his great-great-grandfather's office, portraits on the walls of the office.

Alexey Dostoevsky and the museum employees listen to an article being read aloud.

The faces of women and Alexey listening to the reading of the article (panorama).

Tram rails on one of the streets of St.

Petersburg, a view from the tram cabin.

Alexey Dostoevsky stands by the window, the spines of books on the shelf in the office in the Dostoevsky Museum.

A view of an old St.

Petersburg courtyard, cyclists riding under a thief.

The artist talks about the themes of his work, dedicated to the characters of Dostoevsky's works (synchronously and off-screen).

A view of part of an old St.

Petersburg house.

Alexey Dostoevsky talks over tea about the distant relationship of V.I. Lenin and N.K. Krupskaya with the writer on the line of Dostoevsky's wife Anna Grigoryevna, about the history of the pseudonym "Lenin" (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Views of a St.

Petersburg street from a tram cabin.

Alexey Dostoevsky drives a tram, his thoughts about the mysticism surrounding the personality of his great-great-grandfather are heard behind the scenes.

Alexey with his wife and daughter are walking along the embankment of the Fontanka River.

A view of the old buildings of St.

Petersburg from the front window of a tram.

Walls, windows and roofs of houses in the Fontanka area and the Dostoevsky Museum.

Alexey and the staff of the Dostoevsky Museum look at old photographs, talk about the writer's children, about Alexey's first literary experiences (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Photographs of F.M. Dostoevsky and his descendants, a photograph of Alexey Dostoevsky (panorama).

Alexey's wife and daughter at home in the kitchen.

Panorama of part of the territory of tram depot No. 8, where Alexey works.

Alexey Dostoevsky walks along the Gostiny Dvor gallery with one of the film's authors and talks about the relationships in F.M. Dostoevsky's family and the writer's desire to serve as a horse-drawn tram conductor (synchronously).

Alexey Dostoevsky's face as the tram moves, off-screen Alexey talks about his resemblance to his great-great-grandfather.

Views of St.

Petersburg streets through the glass of the tram.

Alexey Dostoevsky drives the tram.

Passengers getting off and on the tram.

Passengers in the tram.

Alexey talks to musician V. Buzykin, who has boarded the tram, while the tram is moving.

Passengers' faces.

Performance by a street cellist.

Alexey's hands as he drives the tram.

View of tram tracks, the sun reflected in the rails.

Street musicians play while sitting by the cast-iron fence of the garden.

A girl listens to the musicians and smokes.

Alexey Dostoevsky shakes hands with a musician getting off the tram, the musician gets off the tram.

View of the front of a moving tram.

The artist talks to Alexey about the embodiment of Dostoevsky's characters in paintings, about the presence of Dostoevsky's characters in modern life (synchronously).

Views of Sennaya Square and the streets of St.

Petersburg from the windows of a moving tram.

A woman with a child in her arms.

Monument to F.M. Dostoevsky in St.

Petersburg, people at the monument, performance of the Spark Blues group.

A beggar with a child on the sidewalk.

An old woman collects alms at the fence of the Summer Garden.

A tram passes along a city street, a view of an Orthodox church.

The bell ringer in the bell tower rings the bells.

View of a part of the city block (above).

The bell ringer's face.

Panorama of a St.

Petersburg block in the Fontanka area (above).

View of a part of the river (above).

Alexey Dostoevsky in the cabin of a sightseeing helicopter.

View through the porthole.

A boy sits in the grass.

Alexey and the helicopter passengers after landing.

Views of the Valaam Monastery.

A horseman rides by.

Alexey talks about meeting and communicating with one of the monastery workers, Denis, who works at the stable, about his help in working at the stable (synchronously and off-screen).

A horse with a foal at the monastery stable.

Alexey talks about working at the stable (synchronously).

Alexey and the groom take care of the horses.

The priest and Alexey walk along the fence of the horse pen.

A tram on one of the streets of St.

Petersburg, an Orthodox church is visible in the background.

Musicians of the Spark Blues band pass by.

Alexey Dostoevsky and the musicians of the Spark Blues band before the start of a rehearsal, tuning their instruments.

The faces of the flutist and Alexey, tuning his bass guitar.

Alexey talks about the music he performs, about the role of music in his life, about the creative ideas of the band (synchronously and off-screen), the faces of the musicians.

Musicians during a rehearsal.

The musicians talk about the problems and difficulties in their work (synchronously and off-screen).

Views of the streets of St.

Petersburg at night, the illuminated names of various casinos.

Views of the streets of St.

Petersburg from the cabin of a moving tram.

The artist is preparing to paint a portrait of Alexey Dostoevsky, shows him how to pose correctly, Alexey sits down on a chair, the artist begins to make the first sketch.

A graphic portrait of F.M. Dostoevsky on the wall in the artist's room.

The artist at work talks about the opening of an art exhibition called "Unconventional Dostoevsky" in the fall, and about his views on the title of the exhibition (synchronously).

Faces of visitors to the art exhibition dedicated to F.M. Dostoevsky.

The artist paints a portrait of Alexey Dostoevsky and talks about the features of the pictorial depiction of F.M. Dostoevsky (synchronously and off-screen).

The face of Alexey talking to the artist.

The artist paints a portrait of Alexey in an abstract style.

The faces of Alexey and visitors to the art exhibition (panorama).

The face of Alexey posing for the artist.

A portrait of Alexey Dostoevsky in an abstract style is in the process of being painted.

The artist at work, with the artist and Alexey talking off-screen.

Alexey plays the bass guitar as part of the Spark Blues band.

The face of Alexey driving a tram.

Views of the street from the front window of a tram.

The artist shows Alexey his portrait at the exhibition.

Faces of visitors to the exhibition.

The artist gives Alexey his portrait, visitors look at the portraits of F.M. Dostoevsky, presented at the exhibition.

Alexey examines the portrait given to him, standing in front of the portrait of F.M. Dostoevsky, presented at the exhibition.

Alexey's face in the rear-view mirror of a tram.

Entrance to the basement with the sign "Cafe Dostoevsky", cars passing by, reflection of part of the street in the rear-view mirror of a tram.

View of part of the old quarter of St.

Petersburg at sunset (from above).