Durov Dynasty

The film tells about the representatives of the family of circus performers, clowns and trainers Durov. The first part. Artistic director of the Animal Theater named after V.L. Durov, tamer Natalya Durova on stage leads a performance. A holiday dedicated to the opening of a new season in the theater. An artist with a trained bear perform on the platform in front of the theater. Young viewers laugh. Cr.pl. - the muzzle of a camel. The animal theater actor seats the boy on a camel. A tamer with a dog perform in front of the theater. Children ride in a camel-drawn carriage. General view of the square in front of the theater, the entrance to the theater, the theater building. Iron figures decorating the facade of the theater. Bust of V.L.Durov in the foyer of the theater, children's paintings on the walls, old posters on the pedestals. Posters of the first performances of the Durov brothers, hung on the walls of the theater. A trainer with dogs is performing. The guys in the hall are applauding. Street performance depicting an old circus booth in Voronezh, old houses on Anatoly Durov Street. House-Museum of Anatoly Durov, a memorial plaque on the wall. The courtyard of the house-museum, the view of the house from the side of the courtyard, the interiors of the museum. Portrait of the satirist clown A.L. Durov in stage clothes on stage. Panorama of the exhibits of the museum. House on the former Bozhedomka street in Moscow, now VL Durov street, where the artist lived. A staircase decorated with figures of prehistoric animals, made by the hands of V.L. Durov, leads to the second floor. Portrait on the wall of V.L. Durov in stage clothes. Panorama of the exhibits of the museum. Living room. The artist's granddaughter Natalya Durova enters the living room, talks about the room, about the people who were here (sinhr.) Sculpture by VL Durov (work of the sculptor VI Mukhina). Photo of the singer F.I.Shalyapin with a dedication on the wall. Photo of the singer L.V. Sobinov. Portrait of the People's Commissar of Education A.V. Lunacharsky. Stage costumes of V.L.Durov, stored in one of the halls, old forged chests. Stuffed animals in one of the halls. Newsreel footage: a scene making fun of drunkards - the monkey smokes, drinks, counts on the scores, "doctor" Durov examines the "drunken" monkey Molya (directed by VL Durov). The second part. Photos by V.L. .Durova with animals in a family photo album. N. Durova flips through the album page. Natalya Durova in the living room of the House-Museum talks about her grandfather (sinhr.). Books written by V.L. Durov are on the table. Trainers with a monkey perform on the stage of the Durov Animal Theater. Rehearsal of the solo number of Danila's wolf (the tamer plays a melody on the piano, the wolf howls). Portraits of Vladimir and Anatoly Durov. Portraits of representatives of the Durov dynasty are hung on the wall in the House-Museum. A photograph of V.L. Durov's eldest son, the clown and trainer Vladimir, is on the wall. Photographs of animal trainers A.A. Durov, V.G.Durov, Yu.V. Durov and Teresa Durova. Newsreel footage: 1918, V.L. Durov performs on the street, circus performers headed by V.L.Durov go to a festive procession through the streets of Moscow, welcoming the Revolution; banners branding "bourgeois" on the truck; 1920s, “Cabaret” scene - AA Durov in a Pierrot costume holding a monkey in his arms, a monkey playing the piano, another monkey sitting at a table in a restaurant, a chef monkey running around pots, a monkey playing a violin, “ a dog orchestra "is playing in a restaurant, the dogs" groom "and" bride "are sitting at the tables, other dogs are dancing and" singing "; 1960s, trainer VG Durov on the arena, number of VG Durov "Meeting in the ring" (the artist boxing with a kangaroo), Yuri Durov's attraction on the arena (elephants, horses, dogs participate), a fragment of the attraction with cheetah of Yuri Durov Jr. (a cheetah and a dog are jumping over burning hoops), the audience in the hall is applauding. The third part. A portrait of tamer A.V. Durova on the wall in one of the rooms of the House-Museum. Newsreel footage: 1960s, A.V. Durova performs in the circus arena with elephants, animals on the "Durovskaya railway". Theater staff feed the animals ... The giraffe comes out of its enclosure. The woman brings food to the elephant's cage. Natalia Durova approaches the camels in the theater courtyard, begins a rehearsal. Camels are dancing. Natalya Durova treats a giraffe. The tiger walks in a cage. N. Durova stroking a tiger in a cage. Photos, which show the work in the circus of representatives of the Durov dynasty with pinnipeds. N. Durova feeds an elephant seal with fish, shakes his fin, works out a "stance" with sea lions. Lights are lit in the hall of the Animal Theater. Panorama through the rows in the hall. N. Durov on stage, attraction with pelicans. Hippopotamus performance. Trainer with a wild boar on stage. The children in the hall are laughing. Room with monkeys. N. Durova performs with an elephant. The elephant steps over the trainer lying on the stage. N. Durova bows. Newsreel footage of the 1960s: Natalya Durova performs in the circus arena with sea lions, an attraction with a walrus, the audience in the hall applauds.

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Scriptwriter N. Durova