Loyal Sons of Russia

A film about the fate of several generations of the old noble family of the Bartenevs. The newspaper "Russia's Faithful Sons", which published a letter from Vera Anatolyevna Barteneva about her sons who heroically fell on the fields of the great battle against fascism. An elderly woman draws with paints on a piece of paper. View of a drawn still life. V.A. Bartenev tells the story of the Bartenev family, to which her husband belonged (behind the scenes). Newsreel footage. Red Square, Kremlin Wall, view of one of the Kremlin towers. Books and works of S.P. Bartenev dedicated to the Moscow Kremlin. View of one of the living rooms. Photos by P.I.Bartenev and L.N. Tolstoy. V.A. Barteneva looks at the photographs in the family album, talks (behind the scenes) about her sons. Engravings of the Swedish War, portrait of Peter I. Portrait of Ivan Osipovich Bartenev. V.A. Barteneva examines photographs of her family through a magnifying glass. Paintings on the wall. V.A. Barteneva tells the biographies of her sons (behind the scenes). Newsreel footage of the Second World War period: the fighting of the Soviet Army. V.A. Bartenev holds in his hand a photograph of his deceased son. The face of V.A. Barteneva. Eternal flame. V.A. Bartenev at the Eternal Flame. The film uses photographs of the Bartenev family from the family album.

B&W

1

1974