1st and 2nd parts. Manor, park, pond on the territory of the memorial and natural Museum-reserve of IS Turgenev "Spasskoye-Lutovinovo" in the Oryol region. The interiors of the rooms in the estate. Icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands. Portraits of I.S. Turgenev, his parents, Pauline Viardot. I.S. Turgenev's desk. The film's leading literary critic A.M. Panchenko in the estate tells about the life and work of the writer I.S. Turgenev, about his place in Russian and world culture, about the noble manor culture (synchronously).