Ave Maria

The film tells about the violin maker, expert and restorer Amiran Pavlovich Oganezov. Part 1 A.P. Oganezov plays tennis on the court, visits the Moscow Church of All Saints on Kulishki, walks along the paths of the park, plays the violin at home (sinhr.), Works in the workshop on creating a new violin, talks with friends at the table in the garden near the workshop, picking mushrooms in the forest. Photo of A.P. Oganezov's parents. Son of A.M. Oganezova at home. A.P. Oganezov talks about his parents, who were shot in 1936 when he was one and a half years old, about how he became a musician and teacher at the Gnesins Institute, about his work on improving the violins of his students, about making instruments, in particular, about his violins, which he called "Ave Maria" and "Hope" (synchronously and off-screen). Part 2 A.P. Oganezov makes a violin and a bow in the workshop. Shown are the various stages of making a violin, the tools of the master. A.P. Oganezov prepares varnish to cover the violin, applies it to the instrument and takes the violin outside to dry. Violins hang from a rope. A.P. Oganezov is sitting on a bench in the garden, talking on the phone, playing backgammon. The musician plays the violin in the workshop of Oganezov (sinhr.). A.P. Oganezov with friends in the garden are sitting at a festively laid table. One of the guests plays the violin. A.P. Oganezov examines the flute. A.P. Oganezov and Police Major General Viktor Ivanovich Gosudarev in the hall of the State Central Museum of Musical Culture named after M.M. Glinka near the stand where violins are presented. A.P. Oganezov talks about the peculiarities of making a violin and bow, about the varnish with which the instrument is coated, about the theft of two of the best violins from the museum, which were found by Major General of Militia V.I. Gosudarev, and how he managed to return the violin to the student Tsyganov, which was stolen from him (sinhr., Behind the scenes). Part 3 A.P. Oganezov shows the violin to the director of the State Central Museum of Musical Culture named after M.M. Glinka Anatoly Dmitrievich Panyushkin in his office. A.P. Oganezov plays the violin. A.P. Oganezov and A.D. Panyushkin talking in the office. A.P. Oganezov grinds and brews coffee, lights a lamp in the room, chooses a tie near the mirror, works in the workshop on a new violin, visits the Church of All Saints on Kulishki. A.P. Oganezov with a violin goes down the stairs in the museum, where he is met by musicians (or museum staff). The master hands the violin to the musician. The musicians pass the violin to each other. A.P. Oganezov, sitting in an armchair, listens to the play of a young violinist. A.P. Oganezov says that he made more than 70 violins, which are played by famous musicians of the planet, and about his method of restoration of old instruments (sinhr., Behind the scenes).

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sound engineer Y. Demkin, music producer A. Kornienko, editor A. Avakimchyan, editor G. Zimchenko, film director S. Gusev