A joint Soviet-Bulgarian film about the history and prominent representatives of the art song.
Bards and singers discuss anti-war author's songs - B. Okudzhava, A. Galich, A. Makarevich, G. Trifonov, A. Dolsky, A. Rosenbaum and others. Review-concert of amateur singers in Tallinn.




Bulgaria.
Landscape – Poland, total area City of Moscow – total area, shot from above City of Sofia – total area, Poland Monument in Bulgaria - close-up, zoom in Another monument – medium, close-up, Poland Monument to those killed in Afghanistan – total, medium, Poland Monument to soldiers – close-up Singer with guitar – close-up, zoom in Singer in a cafe – total area, Poland Singer with guitar – close-up Participants of the Alen Mak festival – total, medium area, Poland Singer Grigory Trifonov – total area Spectators in Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure – total area, Poland Moscow: Panorama of their houses – close-up, medium area Yard on Arbat – general area, panorama B. Okudzhava speaking (synchronously) – medium, dark square Portrait of M. Yu.
Lermontov – dark, medium square B. Okudzhava speaking (synchronously) – dark square Portrait of Vertinsky – dark square (shot with a zoom out) Booklets and records – dark square, zoom out and panorama on a gramophone Newsreel from 1917-1922: Soldiers of the Civil War passing by – general area Explosion – dark square Soldiers in the trenches – dark square Armored cars passing by – dark square Armored train passing by – dark square Soldiers on a train – dark square, panorama Carrying weapons on a train – dark square The Holy Father blessing soldiers in the trenches – general area Military hospital on the train – medium size.
Funeral – general, medium size, panorama Portrait of A. Vertinsky – large size (shot with a zoom in) B. Okudzhava speaking (synchronously) – medium size. B. Okudzhava speaking and then singing (synchronously), zoom in, zoom out, large size.
Guitar – large size, panorama in the photo by Y. Vizbor Apartment – general size, panorama Bookcase, photos of A. Galich on the shelves – large size, panorama People looking at photos – large size, zoom out Photo of A. Galich – large size.
Manuscripts with poems by A. Galich – large size.
Musicologist Nina Kreitner and artist Maxim Krivosheev – medium, large size, panorama Tape recorder – large size.
Orphanage in Warsaw – general area City of Warsaw – general area Portrait of Janusz Korczak – general area, approach City of Warsaw – general area Portrait of A. Galich – general area, departure to Krivosheeva




Warsaw: City street – middle square (shot through the bars) – move in, move out Monument to J. Korczak and the dead children – middle square, move in M. Krivosheyev singing (synchronously) – middle square, move out Wall – middle square, panorama of J. Korczak’s portrait Children – middle square, photo Memorial stones in the Treblinka concentration camp - middle square, middle square, panorama M. Krivosheyev singing (synchronously) – middle square, move out Andrei Makarevich at the piano – middle square, panorama Makarevich and another singer – middle square Singer with guitar – middle square, panorama Makarevich – middle square Participant of the Alen Mak festival – middle square Makarevich passing by – middle square Makarevich speaking (synchronously) – medium, zoom in Camera operator and screenwriter – medium Makarevich speaking (synchronously) – medium Camera operator and screenwriter – medium Makarevich speaking (synchronously) – medium Makarevich singing (synchronously) – general, zoom out, zoom in G. Kaprivshtitsy (Bulgaria) – general, medium, medium, panoramic Singer Trifonov speaking (synchronously in Bulgarian) – medium, zoom in Guitar – medium Trifonov singing at the well (synchronously in Bulgarian) – medium, zoom out Portrait in the museum – medium Singer Slavomir Genchev (simultaneously in Bulgarian) – close-up, panorama, zoom out, zoom in Portrait of Dimcho Debelyanov in the museum – close-up Dimcho Debelyanov Museum – general space, panorama Poet, composer, singer Alexander Dolsky during filming in the studio pavilion – middle space Camera operator – close-up A. Dolsky – close-up, general space, panorama of the sound engineer Lighting technician – middle space




A. Dolsky sings (synchronously) – general, small square, zoom in on the city of Berlin – medium square, panorama of children playing – medium square Children playing on the street of Berlin – medium, large square, panorama The city of Berlin – general square, panorama, filmed from above The German bard Ekkehard Maas sings (synchronously in German) – medium square A record of B. Okudzhava on the music stand – large square, panorama A woman listens – medium square A German bard sings (synchronously in German) – medium square, panorama Another German bard sings (synchronously in German) – medium square, panorama The city of Berlin – general square, panorama Newsreel 1939-1945: Bombs being dropped from an airplane – general square Explosions – general area, panorama Machine gunner – large area Automatic rifle – large area Soldier shooting – large area Explosion, tank on fire – general area Soldiers running – general area Alexander Rosenbaum at a concert – general area, photo Rosenbaum among soldiers – medium area, various photos A. Rosenbaum speaking (synchronously) – large area A. Rosenbaum singing (synchronously) – medium, large area Monument at the cemetery – large area, panorama A. Rosenbaum singing (synchronously) – general area, medium area, departure Bulgaria: Blagoevgrad – general area Blagoevgrad – youth passing by – mid-size, Poland Participants of “Alen Mak” – short, mid-size, Poland Guitar – short, mid-size, Poland on festival participants Festival participants speaking (simultaneously in English) – mid-size, run-over




Norwegian ensemble performing at the Alen Mak Festival (synchronously in Norwegian) – general area, departure Spectators in the stands – general area, panorama Norwegian ensemble performing (synchronously) – general area Spectators – middle area Norwegian ensemble performing (synchronously) – general area Spectators – small area A boy watching – large area Spectators – general area Norwegian ensemble performing (synchronously) – large area The Blue Bird ensemble performing (synchronously) – medium area Spectators chanting – large area The Blue Bird ensemble performing (synchronously) – medium area Spectators chanting – large area , departure, approach Bulgarian ensemble Shturcite performing (synchronously in Bulgarian) – large area Spectators – general area, Poland The Bulgarian ensemble "Shturzite" performs (synchronously in Bulgarian) – large area Lighting equipment – large area The Bulgarian ensemble "Shturzite" performs (synchronously in Bulgarian) – large, general area Lighting equipment – general area Spectators – middle area The Bulgarian ensemble "Shturzite" performs (synchronously in Bulgarian) – large area, departure Spectators – middle area The Bulgarian ensemble "Shturzite" performs (synchronously in Bulgarian) – general area, departure Lighting equipment – general area The city of Tallinn – middle area, arrival The city of Tallinn – general, middle area Concert in Tallinn: Panorama of the auditorium – total area Oleg Mityaev sings (synchronously) – medium, total area, panorama Spectators – medium area Journalist from Feodosia Vasily Yezhov speaks (synchronously) – medium, total area, large area Spectators – total area, panorama V. Yezhov sings (synchronously) – large area Margarita Drumeva, economist from Silistra (Bulgaria) – large area M. Drumeva sings (synchronously in Bulgarian) – total area, panorama Young people stand – medium, large area, panorama M. Belchev sings (synchronously in Bulgarian) - medium area, panorama




Singer M. Belchev (synchronously in Bulgarian) - medium pl., zoom Girls listening – medium pl.
Singer M. Belchev (synchronously in Bulgarian) - medium pl., departure Rehearsal at the Varna theater of the play by Petar Todorov dedicated to V. Vysotsky – general, medium pl., medium pl., panorama Monologue from the play (synchronously in Bulgarian) – medium pl.
Singer V. Levkov (synchronously in Bulgarian) – medium pl.
Panorama of the actors – medium pl.
Photo of V. Vysotsky – medium pl.
Singer V. Levkov (synchronously in Bulgarian) – medium pl.
Sofia – mid-level, Poland Stills from a Bulgarian TV film: V. Vysotsky reads Semyon Gudzenko’s poems (synchronously) – mid-level, zoom in V. Vysotsky sings (synchronously) – high-level, zoom out, zoom in (song “On Common Graves”)