Ahead of their time (2013)

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Fragments from the silent film "Solar Eclipse and Other Cosmic Incidents" (1907, directed by J. Méliès).

Fragment of a reproduction of Lucas Cranach's painting "Melancholia".

The photograph shows a solar eclipse.

The photograph shows astrophysicist Nikolai Kozyrev.

The astronomer's figurine is spinning.

B/w feature filming - space, planets, lunar orbit, the movement of the Moon and the Earth are shown.

Color (tinted) photographs from the 1920s - Leningrad, a woman with a child, people on the embankment, on the streets of the city, the frame shows the ancient architecture of the city, canals, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, the Bronze Horseman, a group photograph of children, Palace Square, etc.

Feature insert - space, the Sun, planets moving.

The photograph shows young scientists Kozyrev and Ambartsumyan.

A picture from the Cellarius atlas, depicting Ptolemy's picture of the world.

Installation in the form of moving planets.

Title page - "Introduction to Astronomy".

River bank, ripples on the water.

Night, a huge disk of the Moon above the water, a luminous "moon path".

Glare on the water.

In the photo - Pulkovo Observatory, a telescope.

Full moon in the night sky.

View from space - Earth and the Moon.

Stonehenge, stones, night, a full moon in the sky.

Full moon.

Night, silhouettes of stones.

Pulkovo Observatory - main entrance, territory, buildings.

Title page - "Depths of the Heavens, Gael".

Museum exhibits - various ancient astronomical instruments, etc.

Game insert - the Sun, a planet moving in orbit, radiation from the surface of the Sun.

In the group photo - the future Nobel laureate Chandrasekhar.

Painting "Parade of Athletes" by artist A. Samokhvalov.

Various paintings by Soviet artists of the 30s.

Painting by artist V. Efanov "Unforgettable meeting".

Painting by artist A. Deineka "Future pilots".

In the group photo - young Soviet scientists (1930s).

A figure of an astronomer is spinning.

In the picture - the artist's studio.

Painting by artist P. Belov "41 years".

In the picture - a basket with red currants.

Painting by artist P. Belov "Belomorkanal".

Fragments from the silent film "Solar eclipse and other cosmic incidents" (1907, directed by J. Méliès).

Image of space.

In the photograph - Stalin with his comrades.

Shots of a solar eclipse.

Chronicle of the 1930s - a freight train is moving, the windows are barred, prisoners and repressed people are transported in the cars, the doors of the cars open, people with things, bags jump to the ground, a crowd of people in front of the cars, prisoners under escort walk in formation, camp territory, the gates are closing, there is a guard.

Footage of a solar eclipse.

Black and white photography - a prison corridor, iron cell doors, a view of a prison cell, a barred window.

Summer, a park, trees, it's raining.

Close-up - a branch in the rain.

It's raining, the trees are swaying in the wind.

Photograph - hands clutching the prison bars.

The photographs show northern, Norilsk camps, in the frame - prisoners, barracks, etc.

Game insert - space, planets.

The Norilsk Golgotha memorial complex.

The black and white photographs show prisoners in quilted jackets, barracks, barbed wire, a tower, a fence.

The photographs show an old bottle, a railroad bed, rails.

An image of space, the universe.

A figure of an astronomer is spinning.

Various black and white photographs of Leningrad in 1944-1945 - Neva, embankment, Winter Palace, "Aurora", city streets, people, houses, Peter and Paul Fortress, photograph of Academician Shain, blueprints, destroyed building of Pulkovo Observatory, group of scientists at the ruins of the observatory, ruins of the observatory.

The photograph shows Kozyrev after his release from the camp.

Observatory on the ocean shore, ice moving in the frame, sunset sky, silhouettes of the observatory domes are visible.

Images of space, galaxies, stars, nebulae, etc.

The photographs show Moscow in the 50s, Red Square, people on the streets, in GUM, embankment of the Moskva River, people descending from the steps of an airplane, the building of Moscow State University.

Portrait photograph of Kozyrev.

Title page of Kozyrev's scientific work, page of work with text and formulas.

Game insert on the theme of space, energy, the movement of the planet is shown orbit, etc.

Game insert - space, flying asteroids, explosions, flashes, clots of energy, etc.

Solar eclipse.

A figure of an astronomer is spinning.

Fragments from the silent film "Solar Eclipse and Other Cosmic Incidents" (1907, directed by J. Méliès).

Crimea, landscape.

Crimean observatory.

In the photo - a large telescope of the laboratory.

The surface of the Moon.

Spectrogram of the surface of the Moon.

Photograph - scientist Kozyrev looking into the device.

Multi-colored scale, curved line.

Photographs of the surface of the Moon.

Panorama of the surface of the Moon (enlarged photography).

Chronicle of the 50s - a group of American astrophysicists near a model of the Moon, discussing something, conferring at the table, etc.

A group of people watching a solar eclipse.

In the frame - a solar eclipse.

Chronicle of 1969 - the landing of Americans on the surface of the Moon, the ship flies near the surface of the Moon, an astronaut inside the space station.

View of the Moon from space.

Close-up - hands in special protective gloves hold a sample of soil from the surface of the Moon.

An American female scientist in a white protective suit opens an iron door.

Close-up - lunar soil in hands.

Spectral analysis of soil.

Close-up - a fragment of lunar soil on a stand.

Scientists work in a laboratory, study lunar soil.

In the frame - the surface of the Moon (view from space).

Close-up - a medal with diamonds, which Kozyrev was awarded by the International Academy of Astronautics.

A portrait photograph of Kozyrev.

Close-up - a medal with diamonds in the form of the constellation Dipper.

Cover of Kozyrev's book "Selected Works".

Game insert - space, a planet, the surface of a planet.

Photograph of Kozyrev.

Game insert - space, stars, galaxies.

The astronomer figurine is spinning.

Titian's painting "Allegory of Prudence".

Game insert - space, sun, planets, solar system.

Various Buddhist figurines made of stone, porcelain, jade.

Photograph - a glass of tea, a hand writing in a notebook.

Photograph - lump sugar in a spoon.

Reflection in a metal ball.

Close-up - an antique cabinet.

Antique large antique grandfather clock with several dials.

On the wall hang paintings, portraits, a mirror in an antique frame, on the table are antique candlesticks, figurines, statues, etc.

Planet Earth, space, stars, etc.

Observatory, different plans - a window opens, a large telescope is in the frame, the telescope handles are turning, a scientist is looking into the telescope.

In the frame - space, galaxies, the universe.

A huge giant telescope, an observatory.

In the frame - space, galaxies, the universe.

Various clocks on the wall, antique astronomical instruments.

Fragments from the silent film "Solar Eclipse and Other Cosmic Incidents" (1907, directed by J. Méliès).

Close-up - an hourglass on the table.

A framed photograph of Kozyrev.

Winter, Pulkovo Observatory, view of the buildings and grounds.

Inside the Pulkovo Observatory.

Observatory building.

Telescope in the observatory.

Game insert - space, stars, galaxies.

In the photograph - the scientist Kozyrev in a chair.

The astronomer's figure spins, then stops.

In the frame - a solar eclipse.

Dawn, nature, rural landscape, trees, red sun.

An old astrological machine is spinning.

A room in an apartment - a clock with a pendulum on the wall, paintings, photographs.

Close-up - a pendulum of a wall clock.

Portrait of the Russian thinker Nikolai Fedorov.

An old library, shelves, bookcases with books.

Close-up - the spines of old books.

Close-up - a fragment of a fresco in the Ferapontov Monastery depicting Christ (Dionysius).

Close-up - the spines of old books.

Photograph - a monastery, a lake, a nun on the shore with a bucket.

An old manuscript.

Painting by N. Roerich "Sophia the Wisdom".

Close-up - transparent water of a river, current, grass and algae.

In the photographs - the building of the Rumyantsev Museum in Moscow (Pashkov House), a library hall.

Old books, folios, manuscripts - pages are turned, etc.

In the picture - Fedorov and Tolstoy.

The photograph shows the building of the Rumyantsev Museum in Moscow (Pashkov House).

The title page of the "Guide to the Library of the Rumyantsev Museum".

Winter, a clear sunny day, in the frame - the domes of the church, trees in frost.

Close-up - the spines of old books.

A window with a grate, a panorama of old open books lying on a table.

Winter landscape - a view of a church, a monastery, a sleigh with horses going along the road.

Night winter landscape - the moon in the sky, a view of village houses.

Portrait of Fedorov.

A page of Fedorov's manuscript.

A frescoed ceiling in the church.

Painting by V. Perov "The Wanderer".

Village, fog, a man walking along the road.

A room in an apartment - in the frame there is antique furniture, a clock, telephones, etc.

Close-up - the pendulum of the clock is moving.

Antique furniture - a wardrobe, figurines are sliding out on stands on the sides.

Sculptural portrait of the thinker Fedorov.

Fragment of the painting by P. Bruegel "Sins.

The Last Judgment".

Close-up - panorama of the spines, pages of old books and manuscripts.

The painting depicts a young Isaac Newton.

In the old drawing - medieval scientists, alchemists, etc.

On the table is a book - "Information Center", in it is a socket, a plug is inserted.

Fragment of the old drawing - depicts a medieval scientist.

Fragment of the painting by A. Durer "Melancholy".

Panorama of a large old cabinet with devices, clocks, dials.

Summer, rural landscape, in the frame - houses, a hedge, a field, a forest.

A country house, a horse is standing in the yard.

In the photograph by M. Dmitriev - a peasant man.

A small wooden church in the village - the priest crosses himself on the threshold, goes inside.

A girl in a headscarf walks across the yard, goes into the house.

In the yard, a family of Old Believers is setting the table, in the frame - children, women in headscarves, men with beards.

Old Believer men are sitting on a bench in the yard.

In an old photograph - a village wedding, in the frame - the groom and the bride, parents, guests, etc.

A man turns the handle of a well, gets a bucket of water.

A woman in a headscarf is peeling carrots.

Close-up - firewood is being thrown into the stove, a panorama of a cat under the stove.

In the photo - two peasant women in headscarves are sitting.

A priest blesses food on the table, women in headscarves and children are standing nearby.

Clergymen enter the temple.

Inside the temple - a service is underway, people are praying, candles are burning, a boy closes the door.

Icon - the Mother of God with the baby.

Religious procession - priests, parishioners come out of the church with crosses, icons, people walk along a village road, cross themselves, hold icons in their hands, etc.

Religious procession in the forest.

A priest is walking with a large wooden cross in his hands.

A wooden cross is being dug into the ground.

Panorama of the icon - the figure of Christ is in the center.

The icon "The Crucifixion" of Dionysius.

Close-up - a volume of an old folio in a thick cover.

Picture - a candle is burning, a hand is drawing with a pen on paper.

Michelangelo's fresco "The Last Judgment".

Space, starry sky.

Fragment of Michelangelo's fresco "The Last Judgment".

Close-up - a candle is burning in the darkness.

Drawing - a library, multi-tiered shelves, bookcases, stairs.

Fragment of Michelangelo's fresco "The Last Judgment".

View of the Earth from space.

Magnifying glass, old maps.

Ornament.

Photograph - stones in the water.

Amber with an insect inside.

Petrified human figure (Pompeii Museum).

A group of people walking along the ocean shore.

An office, bookshelves with books, an antique lamp and a globe on the table.

Game insert - space.

A fragment of Michelangelo's fresco "The Last Judgment".

View of the Earth, oceans, continents from space.

Ferapontov Monastery in the Vologda Region.

Panorama of the fresco from the monastery.

Fragments of the frescoes.

A wooden door in the temple, a panorama of the frescoes, painting on the walls.

Pictures-illustrations to the novel "Frankenstein", Van Gogh's painting "The Resurrection of Lazarus", an image of a virus, B/W photograph - a laboratory, experiments with electricity.

Bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius (Butterfly).

Close-up - a microscope.

Photograph - a scientific laboratory, devices, equipment, employees in white protective suits and masks.

Stem cells.

The photograph shows a scientist in a laboratory.

Atomic, molecular lattices.

The photograph shows scientific equipment, devices.

Game insert - space, stars, planets.

Close up - a candle burns in the darkness.

Sculptural portrait of Fedorov.

Image of space.

Fresco "The Last Judgment.

Resurrection of the Dead".

Portrait of the thinker Fedorov.

On the table is an old book, an empty bottle.

View of the study in the apartment - in the frame are antiques, paintings, photographs, old devices, etc.

Old wooden house.

Portrait of Leo Tolstoy.

In the photograph - Leo Tolstoy.

Kerosene lamp.

Painting by I. Repin "Leo Tolstoy in the Plowed Field".

A man with a beard turns hay with a pitchfork in the barn.

A cart with hay is driving.

Hall of an old library, in the frame - shelves, racks with books, a table, chairs, etc.

Close up - the spines of old books.

On the table are old books, a candle in a candlestick.

In the photograph - scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.

Museum - a country house, a room, an old table, a book, an inkwell with a pen, etc.

Portrait of the thinker Fedorov.

Close-up - an old book on the table, an inkwell with a pen.

A photograph of Tsiolkovsky, in the frame - drawings and notes of the scientist.

Exhibits of the Tsiolkovsky Museum.

Close-up - a formula.

Cover of Tsiolkovsky's book "Beyond the Land".

Picture - pages of a book.

Drawing from an old atlas.

Old telescope.

Old astrological device.

Fragment of an old map.

Old map, various measuring devices, compass, spyglass.

Fragments from the silent film by D. Méliès "Journey to the Moon".

Space station, ship in space, view of the Earth from space.

Image of the planet Saturn.

The Helix Nebula in the constellation Aquarius. "Pillars of Creation" in the Eagle Nebula.

Icon, fresco.

Trees reflected in the water.

View from the church window of an Orthodox cross.

Autumn, trees with remnants of yellow foliage.

View of the monastery, pond, autumn trees (shot from above).

White Orthodox church, domes.

Game insert - image of space.

Fog, village, man walking along the road.

Image of nebula in space.

Bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpio (Butterfly).

Photograph of Earth from space.

Photograph-portrait of thinker Fedorov.

Grandfather clock.

In the frame - an old astrological device.

Shots with different old astrological and astronomical devices.

Cosmodrome, launch of space rocket, people in the stands applauding, watching the launch of the rocket, rocket in the air, in space in orbit, etc.