A biographical film about the famous Soviet clown Oleg Popov.
A film story about the clown Oleg Popov: views of Leningrad, Oleg Popov walks along one of the streets, performs in the circus arena with the skits "Traffic Light", "Drunken Lion", "Cook", "ZAGS", "Pericolla", "Fly-eater" and other numbers (all sync.). Oleg Popov in his office, in the museum, at home with his wife and daughter, skis, fishes, trains a rooster and a dog, prepares a new number with assistants.




A sunbeam plays on the sculpture group above the General Staff Arch - kr.
Reflection of sunbeams off buildings in Leningrad - Wed, kr.
Sphinx on the parapet above the Neva - Wed.
Cast-iron railings of city gardens and squares - Wed, kr.
Colossi at the entrance to the Hermitage - Wed, kr. (winter).
Circus performer and clown Oleg Popov walks along the streets of Leningrad among passers-by, watching passers-by and what is happening around him.
Passers-by are hurrying along the streets, transport is moving on a frosty winter day.
A man passes by, holding his ear with his hand - Wed. O. Popov repeats the gestures of a passer-by.
A policeman-traffic controller at a street crossing. - Wed, PNR- kr.
A woman is crossing the street at a red traffic light; the policeman stops the woman and makes a remark to her. O. Popov observes a scene at a crosswalk.
The traffic light is on at the street crossing, pedestrians cross the street at the signal of the traffic light.
Oleg Popov performs in the circus arena with his new act "Traffic Light".
The spectators in the circus are laughing, applauding - Wed, Poland, kr. O. Popov's notebook with his notes and sketches of various incidents from life. O. Popov is making sketches of his observations at his desk.
The drawing in the notebook is a lion. O. Popov performs in the circus with his act "Drunken Lion". O. Popov is putting on makeup. O. Popov with his act "Little Cook".
The children in the circus are laughing - kr.




O. Popov performing in the circus arena with the number "ZAGS". O. Popov performing the number "Pericola" (synchronously). O. Popov is working on a new number at his desk, making sketches in the halls of the Tretyakov Gallery, looking through paintings in search of new materials for his program.
Painting by I. Repin "The Zaporozhian Cossacks" - Poland.
Painting "Moscow Street of the 17th Century" - general, cr. O. Popov depicts a character from one of the paintings in the museum hall.
Landscape of a winter forest near Moscow - Poland, cr. O. Popov in a forest near Moscow on a ski trip with his wife and daughter.
The Neva in Leningrad in winter, fishermen on the river - general, wed.
Poland.
A fisherman by an ice hole waits for a bite - cr.; pulls out a fishing rod with a small fish - cr.
Poland from the fisherman onto his backpack; the neck of a vodka bottle is visible from the backpack - cr. O. Popov helps a fisherman drill a hole in the ice - Wed; catches fish.
The fish are lying on the ice - cr. O. Popov caught a fish - Wed, cr.
The fishermen are laughing - Wed. O. Popov is in a metalworking shop, together with a tinsmith, making a device for a circus act about fishermen. O. Popov walks through the park with a dog and a rooster, and a crowd of children run after the artist.
He shows the children a trained dog and a rooster.
The children laugh merrily, trying to catch the rooster.




O. Popov shows his act with a dog and a rooster to the little spectators in the kindergarten.
The children laugh - Wed, kr.
One girl cries in fear, she is afraid of the rooster and the dog - kr, Wed.
Circus poster with the program "The Princess Who Never Smiled" - Poland.
Performance of O. Popov and other artists with the program "The Princess Who Never Smiled" (synchronously).
Ivanushka the Fool with a stove, the act "Mukhoeda", the act with the dog Liver.
The spectators laugh and applaud - Wed, kr.
The lights go out in the circus, empty after the performance - general, Wed.
Poland over the empty circus - general, kr. O. Popov rehearses his acts in the circus arena.



