I am German composer from Russia... Alfred Shnitke's monologue (1990)

Composer Alfred Schnittke in the rehearsal hall - MS., Hitting.

Score (notes) works Schnittke - CU.

Newsreel of the 1920-1930's.:

Volga Germans are on the street, are anti-religious posters.

Sit children.

The church building.

Crucifixion.

Arriving in the Volga German Communists from the flag stand.

The flag with the star.

The flag on the church.

Anti-religious banners in German in the church.

Broken tombstone on the snow.

Germans dismantled the church.

Map of German settlements in Russia.

Photo: V. Molotov and Ribbentrop, the German soldiers, the text of the decree on the Elimination of Volga Germans (in German) - MS., CU., PNRM.

Schnittke talking about himself and his family (synchronous) - MS.

Photo: Alfred Schnittke in his childhood with his grandmother - LS.

Germany: antique German books - MS., CU., Hitting, PNRM.

Interior of the old library - LS., Departure.

Man opens the metal door, part kinohranilische, takes the book - LS., MS.

Leafing through an old score (notes) JSBach - MS., CU.

PNRM. from the wall of an old cathedral - MS.

Sculptures of saints - MS., Departure.

Stained Glass - MS.

Cathedral, Cathedral reflected in the water - MS. PNRM.

Moscow: airport "Sheremetyevo-2" (appearance) - LS. (With motion).

Scoreboard - CU.

Schnittke and his wife Irina Fedorovna at the airport - MS. PNRM.

Schnittke in rehearsal during the festival of his music in Stockholm talks

the oldest Swedish musician, conductor Eric Ericson (the Philharmonic) - MS., rehearsing.

Billboard Music Festival Schnittke (in Swedish) - CU.

PNRM. outside Stockholm - LS.

Report on the streets - LS.

Schnittke wife through the streets - LS., Impact, departure.

Schnittke portrait in a shop window - MS. PNRM.

Schnittke at a board meeting Musical Society, sitting board members - different.

Newsreel 1940.:

Chairman of the Union of Soviet Composers Tikhon Khrennikov in the stands.

Listening to applaud.

Photo: A.A.Zhdanov, Stalin - different.

Working printing press.

The hand writes notes.

The young composer Dmitry Shostakovich at work, at the piano, with his family.

Calendar sheet with the words "70 years of the birth of Joseph Stalin."

Portrait of Stalin.

Testimonial Stalin from the Composers' Union.

Aram Khachaturian, Tikhon Khrennikov, Dmitri Shostakovich sign address.

Schnittke speaks of Shostakovich (synchronously) - MS.

Apartment Interior Schnittke - different.

Schnittke and his son Andrew, a composer in the room - CU., Hitting, MS.

Said Alfred Schnittke (synchronous) - MS.

Stockholm: violinist Gideon Kremer performs a concert for violin and orchestra.

Alfred Schnittke (synchronous) - MS.; Tells of Alfred Schnittke (synchronous) - MS.

Score in the Russian and German languages ​​- CU. PNRM.

B / W:

Arrived in Moscow from exile cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya singer at the airport, to be hugged, people hold signs saying "Bravo, Rostropovich and thanks for Solzhenitsyn," applaud, shoot - LS., MS., PNRM.

Photo: Press Conference Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya - different. (Voice-over Rostropovich).

Interview Schnittke home (synchronous) - MS.

Desktop in the office - MS. PNRM.

Schnittke's wife Irina F. measure his blood pressure - LS., PNRM., CU.

Family photos and I. A. Schnittke - different.

IF Schnittke little granddaughter learns to play the piano - MS., CU. PNRM. (Children in the family).

Alfred Schnittke in the office at work on the score - MS., CU.

Germany: Report on the streets of Hamburg - MS., LS., PNRM.

The building of the Music Institute - MS.; PNRM. the inscription in German.

Schnittke sits on the bench before the Institute, part of the building - MS. PNRM.

Schnittke conducting classes with students of composers (talking in class in German) (synchronous) - Various.

Student turns on the device (tape?) - MS.

Notes - CU.

Listen Schnittke and students - MS.

The girl listens to her face - CU.

Posters presentations Schnittke in German, French, Italian - LS., MS., PNRM.

Report on the Hamburg - MS., LS.

Poster in German - MS.

Musical instrument in the hall - MS. PNRM.

Body - MS. PNRM.

Notes - MS.

The audience applauded - MS. PNRM.

Schnittke talks with the Germans in the room - MS.

Schnittke meeting with the young musicians of Hamburg Concern Hall - LS.; Students face - CU.

Schnittke said, sitting on the stage (synchronously in German) - MS., CU.

The audience applauded - MS.

Schnittke bows and leaves the stage in the hall - MS. PNRM.

Said Alfred Schnittke in the garden on a bench (synchronously) - LS.

Old cathedral - LS. PNRM.

West Berlin: the courtyard of the museum - LS., MS. PNRM.

Old house - MS. (With motion).

Sailing ship - MS. PNRM.

Port - LS. (With motion boats) (all filmed short lens).

Report on West Berlin - MS., LS., PNRM.

The Berlin Wall - CU., PNRM., LS.

People are destroying the wall - different., Face - CU.

Said Alfred Schnittke in the street (synchronously) - CU.

Selling souvenirs at the Berlin Wall: the wall of debris, military caps, etc. - Different.

Coat of arms and flag of the GDR - CU.

Poster in German - CU.

Photo by Alfred Schnittke mother - MS.

Schnittke speaks of his work in the room (synchronous) - MS.

Stockholm: Schnittke takes the stage after the show, bows, the audience applauded - LS.

Stockholm orchestra musicians applauded Schnittke,

He shook hands with them - LS., MS. PNRM.

Applaud the members of the choir - MS. PNRM.

Schnittke shakes hands with conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky - MS. PNRM.

Christian cross with a crucifix - CU.

Schnittke in an empty and dark concert hall - LS., Hitting.

Schnittke is on the streets of Stockholm - LS.