The film tells about creativity. life and fate of the Russian artist N.M. Gushchin. The film uses the following filming: a panorama of an art gallery and paintings by N.M. Gushchin, B. Okudzhava reads poems dedicated to Gushchin, talks about him (sinhr.); General view of documents from Gushchin's home archive. Newsreel footage of 1917: people on the streets of Perm, the movement of a railway train, refugees are riding along one of the city streets on sledges. Newsreel footage (China, Harbin / 1917-1920s /): people on the city streets, rickshaws are passing by with passengers; the ships are at the pier of one of the seaports of China, the waves are beating against the rocky coast. Newsreel footage (France, Paris 1921): people ride in trams, a panorama of the city streets, the artist paints from life in the studio, the Louvre building, paintings in the halls The Louvre, among them - the portrait of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci; Parisians are resting in a street cafe, young artists in Montmartre. Part 2: General view of the house in Saratov, where the artist N.M. Gushchin lived; sculptor A. Nenasheva works in the studio, talks about N.M. Gushchin (sinhr.); general view of Gushchin's paintings; N.M. Gushchin's friends - A. Yustitskaya, B. Belov, A. Solonitsyn and N. Svishcheva give interviews (sinhr.) - talk about the artist. Newsreel footage (France, Paris 1921): a young woman in a cafe looks down , a man sits at a table, another man gets out of the car, a view of the Eiffel Tower; the newspaper "Pravda". Newsreel footage (Moscow, 1930): farewell ceremony for the poet V. Mayakovsky, L. Brik and O. Brik at the poet's coffin, people say goodbye to the poet. Newsreel footage (Germany, 1930s) : the fascist flag flutters in the wind, the fascist symbol is an eagle with a fascist swastika. Newsreel footage (/ Principality of Monaco /, 1930s): old buildings, a pier, a motor ship is sailing Newsreel footage (Saratov 1950-60s) : panorama along the city streets, traffic. Part 3: Seascape; M. Bogadelnikova talks about the life of N.M. Gushchin (sinhr.); view of the portrait of N.M. Gushchin; Gushchin's friends - R. Azaryev, A. Nenasheva, B. Belov talk about the artist (sinhr.); view of the church and countryside; General view of the portrait of M. Gandhi by the artist N.M. Gushchin; view of the house in Saratov, where N.M. Gushchin lived (winter shooting); winter landscape of the river. Newsreel footage (1950-60s): people at the stadium, view of the monument to V. Lenin, passengers on the "Joseph Stalin" thermal farm. Newsreel footage (India, 1940s): M. Gandhi among people. Newsreel footage (1950s): visitors in the reading room of the library; type of paintings by the artist N.M. Gushchin. 4 part. Paintings by the artist N.M. Gushchin; sculptor A.Nenasheva gives interviews (sinhr.), portraits of N.M. Gushchin by A.Nenasheva; General view of the grave of the artist N.M. Gushchin in Saratov; visitors to the exhibition of paintings by N.M. Gushchin. Newsreel footage (1960s): a panorama of the paintings of N.M. Gushchin, N.M. Gushchin with his colleagues in the studio, at one of the paintings.