We only dream of peace (1976)

Newsreel from 1929: a collective farm wagon with grain moves along the road.

A peasant drives a cart.

A wagon with grain moves along the road.

Carts with grain are heading to the collective farm market.

The face of Medvedkin A.I. View of Bolshaya Polyanka Street in Moscow.

Medvedkin's face.

View of Bolshaya Polyanka Street.

Feature footage from the 1930 film "Happiness" ("The Covetous").

A stand at an exhibition dedicated to the work of Medvedkin.

Medvedkin enters the doors of the building.

People in the halls of the exhibition dedicated to Medvedkin's 75th birthday.

The face of one of the visitors to the exhibition.

Feature footage from the film "Happiness".

Faces of spectators.

Feature footage from the film "Happiness" with an episode about a peasant.

Medvedkin talks about working on the film "Happiness" (synchronously).

Newsreel from the 1910s: views of peasant huts.

A peasant ploughs the land with a plow.

A rally in a village for the creation of a collective farm in 1929. General view of part of the rally.

A peasant speaks.

A train with tractors on platforms passes.

Transportation of tractors on railway platforms.

Faces of peasants during a rally.

New tractors enter the village, people greet them.

Footage from the feature film "Happiness" with an episode about the dangers of drunkenness.

Medvedkin's face.

Newsreel from the late 1920s: construction of new apartment buildings.

Masons lay a wall of bricks.

Stills from the feature film "About a White Bull", published in a magazine, Medvedkin's narration is heard behind the scenes (synchronously).

Newsreel from the late 1920s: construction of an apartment building.

Lifting a pallet of bricks onto the roof.

Stills from the feature film "About a White Bull" published in a magazine, with Medvedkin's narration heard in the background (synchronously).

Medvedkin narrates the plot of the film "About a White Bull" (synchronously).

Medvedkin among visitors to an exhibition dedicated to his work.

Medvedkin gives an interview (synchronously).

Cuts of film in Medvedkin's hands.

Medvedkin gives an interview (synchronously).

Photographs of frames from cuts of film.

Medvedkin looks through the cuts in the light.

Medvedkin at the sound editing table.

Stills from the lost feature film "Fruits and Vegetables".

Medvedkin at the sound editing table.

Stills from the film "Fruits and Vegetables".

Newsreel from 1929: faces of the accused employees speaking at the trial.

People sitting in the hall of the workers' court at the trial of bureaucrats.

Zemlyachka R.S. speaking to the workers at the trial.

Faces of people in the courtroom.

Participants of the "Hike of 1500" Udaltsev, Chistyakova talk about the inspection of institutions.

People in the hall listen to the speakers.

The defendants, bureaucrats, speak: assistant prosecutor Borisov, head of the labor exchange Paroshin, store manager Petrov, who showed callousness and heartlessness.

General view of the courtroom.

Film in Medvedkin's hands.

Photographs of scenes from the lost feature film "You Fool, You Fool!".

Medvedkin's face.

Selected frames from the film "You Fool, You Fool!" published in a magazine.

Selected frames from the feature film "Stop Thief!".

Medvedkin watches a newsreel at the sound editing table.

Newsreel from 1929: general view of part of the Krivoy Rog Basin mine.

Workers assembling engines.

A slogan against truants and loafers hanging in the workshop.

A meeting in the plant workshop.

The machine of a truant worker.

A certificate "To the Honorary Absentee".

The machine of a truant with posters.

Absentees at a meeting of the work collective.

Slogans in the workshop against violation of labor discipline.

Shock workers of the Komsomol brigade at work.

The face of turner Maksimov G., who never truanted or was late for work.

Masons lay bricks.

Medvedkin gives an interview (synchronously).

Bookshelves in Medvedkin's office.

Medvedkin continues giving interviews (synchronously).

Photographs of stills from Medvedkin's films.

Medvedkin gives an interview (synchronously).

Text of Medvedkin's article in the magazine "Proletarskoye Kino".

Medvedkin at the sound editing table (alternating with stills from Medvedkin's films published in the magazine).

Medvedkin draws a caricature of a bureaucrat.

Text of Lunacharsky A.V.'s article "Cinematic Comedy and Satire".

Medvedkin talks to visitors to the exhibition dedicated to his work.

Medvedkin's face.

An excerpt about superstitions from Medvedkin's 1936 feature film "Chudesnitsa".

Newsreel from 1941: shells exploding on a field.

View of part of Red Square in Moscow with a camouflaged mausoleum.

An anti-aircraft crew observer looks through binoculars.

Shop windows on the streets of Moscow, filled with sandbags.

A barrage balloon over the Pushkin monument.

A military patrol walks along Sverdlov Square.

An excerpt from the concert film "We are waiting for you with victory" alternates with military newsreel footage.

Newsreel from 1941: those called up to the front march in formation.

Portraits of Medvedkin.

Newsreel from 1920: Budyonny S.M. and Voroshilov K.E. at the parade of units of the 1st Cavalry Army.

Portrait of Medvedkin from 1941. Photograph of Red cavalrymen during the civil war.

Newsreel from 1920: the offensive of units of the 1st Cavalry Army in Crimea.

Medvedkin's face.

Photograph of Medvedkin among front-line cameramen.

Newsreel from 1943: Medvedkin being presented with a combat award.

Front-line photographs of Medvedkin.

Newsreel from 1943: the city in ruins.

Women pulling sleds with things.

The work of the women's tractor brigade.

Medvedkin giving an interview (synchronously).

Excerpts from Medvedkin's 1946 feature film "Liberated Land".

Medvedkin talks about working on the film "Liberated Land".

An excerpt from the film "Liberated Land" with Medvedkin as an actor.

Photos of working moments of the filming.

Medvedkin gives an interview, reads the script of the new film (synchronously), alternating with footage of a newsreel from 1913: celebrations on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov, a military parade.

Newsreel from 1956: a view of the platform of the Kazansky railway station in Moscow.

Farewell to the virgin lands.

A departing train.

Passengers look out the window of the carriage.

A passing train.

A truck stops in the steppe, people are sitting in the back.

People unload things and furniture from the back.

General view of the tent camp on the virgin lands.

Unloading field kitchens.

Medvedkin's face, watching his film "Restless Spring".

An excerpt from the film "Restless Spring".

Medvedkin at the sound editing table, loading the film.

Photograph of Medvedkov.

Photographs of carriages of the propaganda train from the early 1920s.

Photographs of propaganda vehicles, steamships.

Newsreel from the 1920s: a miner on a coal conveyor belt.

Panorama of the propaganda train.

Workers pushing carriages in front of them.

Factory equipment removed for repairs.

Medvedkin at the sound editing table.

Newsreel from 1929: workers manually unload carriages.

Photographs of Medvedkin during his work on the "Cinema Train" in 1932, alternate with newsreel of production processes at factories and plants.

Photograph of Medvedkin from the 1930s.

Medvedkin walks along a carriage and talks about his work on the "Cinema Train" (synchronously).

Panoramic photograph of the "Cinema Train".

Photograph of Medvedkin, interspersed with footage of foreign newsreels from the 1960s, the aftermath of the bombing of Vietnam, clearing rubble.

Titles of documentaries shot by Medvedkin.

Photographs of Medvedkin from the late 1960s during his collaboration with French filmmakers and members of foreign "Medvedkin Groups".

Excerpts from Medvedkin's film "Reason Against Madness" about the fight for peace, with footage of newsreels.

Loading film on the editing table.

Excerpts from Medvedkin's film "Reason Against Madness" with special effects inserted into the newsreel.

Medvedkin gives an interview (synchronously).

Footage from Medvedkin's feature and documentary films, interspersed with a view of part of the auditorium.

Excerpts from Medvedkin's film "Sclerosis of Conscience", with the actor inserted into the newsreel.

Medvedkin at the editing table.

Excerpts from Medvedkin's film "Night Over China", with newsreel footage of the opening of the metallurgical plant in Wuhan, industrial cooperation between the USSR and China.

Medvedkin's face (close-up).

Medvedkin receiving awards and gifts at an evening in honor of his 75th birthday.

Photos of Medvedkin.

Medvedkin, sitting at his desk, gives an interview to the authors of the film (synchronously).