Karamzins Paradoxes

The film tells about the work of the Russian historian-historiographer, writer, poet Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin. Karamzin. Philologists Yuri Mikhailovich Lotman and Vadim Erasmovich Vatsuro in their study, talking about N.M. Karamzin (synchronously). Actors of the Nikitsky Gate Theater Studio Olga Lebedeva, Irina Morozova, Vladimir Yumatov, Igor Staroseltsev in the dressing room and on stage. Artists O. Lebedeva as Liza, V. Yumatov as Erast in a scene from the play "Poor Liza". Stage director Mark Grigorievich Rozovsky talks about the play, about the play of actors, about the significance of the play for the modern viewer (synchronously). Rozovsky tells about the love story of a poor peasant woman Liza and a rich nobleman Erast from the story of N.M. Karamzin "Poor Liza" (synchronously). A scene from the play "Poor Liza". Book N.M. Karamzin "Poor Liza". Illustration for the story, depicting a girl crying by the pond. Russian theater and film actor Mikhail Mikhailovich Kozakov reads (behind the scenes) excerpts from N.M. Karamzin with the Swiss writer, poet, theologian Johann Kaspar Lavater. V.E. Vatsuro in his office talks (synchronously) about thinkers, like-minded people, friends of N.M. Karamzin. Letters from N.M. Karamzin's brother. THE THIRD PART The city of Moscow. Red Square. St. Basil's Cathedral. Moskvoretskaya tower of the Kremlin. Assumption Cathedral. Drawing depicting the walls, towers, cathedrals of the Kremlin. The city of Kaliningrad (Konigsberg). Types of buildings in the city. Residential buildings with the emblem of an elephant, symbolizing: wisdom, patience, dignity. Tram and truck traffic on the road. Parking of cars. Teenagers ride bicycles along the city street. The park. River. A white swan floats on the river. Children ride ponies. Organ-grinder plays. Drawings depicting views of Koenigsberg. M.M. Kozakov reads (behind the scenes) excerpts from the letters of N.M. Karamzin, tells (behind the scenes) about Königsberg, the metaphysics of I. Kant, about the meeting of N.M. Karamzin with the German poet Christoph Martin Wieland. A picturesque portrait of K.M. Wieland. FOURTH PART Geographic maps (close-up). Landscape of the [Swiss] mountains. Switzerland. City of Zurich. Residential buildings. MLTP. Switzerland. City of Zurich. Buildings and area of the city. A drawing depicting I.K. Lafatera M.M. Kozakov talks (behind the scenes) about Switzerland, about N.M. Karamzin to Switzerland, about a meeting with I.K. Lavater, Moscow. Kremlin. View of part of the Konstantin-Eleninskaya (Timofeevskaya) tower and one of the Kremlin's cathedrals. A picturesque portrait of N.M. Karamzin. Yu.M. Lotman and V.E. Vatsurov in a working environment, talking about the publication of the Moscow magazine, poetry, literature (synchronously). PART FIVE A drawing depicting the king, the executioner, the severed heads of people. The city of Kaliningrad. The destroyed walls of the Cathedral. The grave of the philosopher Immanuel Kant at the walls of the cathedral. Residential buildings. The movement of cars along one of the streets of the city (evening photography). A picturesque portrait of N.M. Karamzin. M.M. Kozakov talks about the Age of Enlightenment, reads an excerpt from the work of N.M. Karamzin "But what about us ..." (off-screen). Moscow region. Podolsk district. The village of Ostafyevo. Birch Grove. River. The territory of the Ostafyevo State Museum-Estate. The estate of the princes Vyazemsky. Library building. N.M.'s office Karamzin. Monument to N.M. Karamzin. SIXTH PART The city of Leningrad. A group of sightseers at the pier. A kiosk with the sign "Excursion". The movement of the excursion bus along the city street. Anichkov bridge. One of the equestrian statues of the bridge. The movement of cars, trucks on the bridge. Literary critic, historian, philologist Alexander Alexandrovich Panchenko gives interviews on the street of the city, talks about N.M. Karamzin as a successful journalist, compares with Napoleon (synchronously). Mikhailovsky Castle. Main staircase. Ruined sculpture of Hercules. A. Panchenko at the entrance to the building tells (synchronously) about Paul I, reads (synchronously) lines from the work "History of the Russian State" by N.М. Karamzin. M. M. Kozakov talks (behind the scenes) about the history of Russia as a great state. Picturesque portraits of Peter I, Elizabeth Petrovna, Catherine II, Paul I, Alexander I. Yu. Lotman and V. Vatsuro talk about the state policy of Alexander I, about the attitude of N.M. Karamzin to the history of Russia (synchronously). PART SEVEN Y. Lotman in his office talks about the state policy of Alexander I, Nicholas I, about the political views of N.M. Karamzin (synchronously). Leningrad region. The city of Pushkin. The territory of the Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-Reserve. Alexander Park. Pond. Ducks are swimming. Turkish tower. Chesme column. Cameron's gallery. Chinese village. A drawing depicting the performance of the Decembrists on the Senate Square in St. Petersburg. The city of Leningrad. Equestrian statue of Nicholas I on St. Isaac's Square. A. Panchenko speaks (synchronously) about the history of Russia, the rulers of the Russian state, about N.M. Karamzin. A picturesque portrait of N.M. Karamzin.

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1990