The film is dedicated to outstanding Russian cultural figures from the generation of the "sixties". The film uses the following filming: 1 part. Sculptural group: G. Shpalikov, A. Tarkovsky and V. Shukshin at the building of VGIK. Monuments to V. Vysotsky, B. Okudzhava in Moscow. The building of the Museum of Contemporary History of Russia (formerly the Museum of the Revolution). Newsreel footage of the 60s: literary critic Stanislav Rassadin, author of the term "sixties), says something (b / w plan); the meeting of the first cosmonaut of the planet Yuri Gagarin in Moscow: the passage of a car with Yuri Gagarin by his wife Valentina and N. Khrushchev in Moscow, the people greet their hero (color plans), the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961; view of a wall with barbed wire (b / w plans); view of Komsomolskaya Square in Moscow; the buildings of the Yaroslavl and Leningradsky railway stations; movement of cars on the square; meeting of the XXIIth Congress of the CPSU in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses; speech by N.S. Khrushchev (sinhr.); government cars "ZIM" in Istoricheskiy proyezd (b / w plans), the dacha of the writer V. Kataev in Peredelkino; the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Yunost" V. Kataev in his office at the dacha, sits down at the table, writes in a notebook (b / w plans); a caricature in the magazine "Crocodile" of E. Ryazanov's film "A Man from Nowhere" and a book by V. Aksyonov "Star Ticket"; fragments from the film "My younger brother" (sinhr., 1962, directed by A. Zarkhi) among actors: O. Dal, A. Mironov, L. Marchenko, A. Zbruev; writer V. Aksenov in the editorial office of the magazine "Youth", gives interviews (sinhr.); among those present in the editorial office of B. Akhmadulin (60s, b / w plans); poet E. Yevtushenko in the editorial office of the Yunost magazine talks with the American writer John Steinbeck in the editorial office of the Yunost magazine (b / w plans) / 1962 / Mr. Kennedy, US President, signs documents; US warships at sea, aircraft on the deck of an aircraft carrier; a fighter takes off from the deck of an aircraft carrier (b / w plans, 60s); NS Khrushchev with a group of writers at his dacha in Pitsunda; among those present: French writers Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Paul Sartre, as well as Soviet writers and poets M. Sholokhov, K. Fedin, A. Prokofiev and others (b / w plans, 1961-1963); All-Union artistic an exhibition in the Manezh, December 1961: the sculptor E. Neizvestny shows his works to N. Khrushchev and those accompanying him, including M. Suslov and A. Mikoyan; sculptor E. Neizvestny carries his sculptures on a cart around the yard, works in a workshop (b / w plans of the 60s); E. Neizvestny gives interviews (sinhr.); works by E. Neizvestny - a monument "Mask of Sorrow" in Magadan and a monument at the grave of N. Khrushchev (color plans). Part 2. Plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU on literature and art in March 1963: N. Khrushchev's speech with criticism of A. Voznesensky, V. Aksenov and others (sinhr.); speeches at the plenum of A. Voznesensky, V. Vasilevskaya, V. Kochetov; among those present were the leaders of the party and government - B. Ponomarev, V. Grishin, D. Polyansky, Voronov, K. Mazurov, L. Brezhnev, M. Georgadze, A. Kirilenko, M. Suslov and others (b / w plans); A. Voznesensky reads poetry (sinhr.); A. Voznesensky meets in Peredelkino the wife of President R. Reagan Nancy Reagan, goes with her through the summer cottage (color plans, 1988). Fragments of the film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" directed by V. Menshov (1979): A. Voznesensky reads poetry (sync.) At the monument to V. Mayakovsky, the heroines of the film, played by actresses V. Alentova and I. Muravyov (color plans ); A. Voznesensky reads poetry in the Polytechnic Museum, the audience in the hall; among the audience - the heroine of the film "Outpost of Ilyich" directed by M. Khutsiev performed by arthrisa M. Vertinskaya (b / w plans of the chronicle); A. Voznesensky signs the book to one of the readers, gives an interview (sinhr.) (b / w plans, 60- e yy.); A. Voznesensky, composer R. Shchedrin and L. Zykina at the rehearsal of the "poetry" - a concert, where, accompanied by the orchestra, the voices of the poet and the singer sound (b / w plans. 1968); Poetess Novella Matveeva walks down a Moscow street, sits at a desk, gives interviews, sings a song to his own verses (sinhr.) (b / w plans, late 1960s early 1970s); singer Elena Kamburova sings a song to verses Novella Matveyeva (sync., B / w plans, 1970s); Bulat Okudzhava performs at the Polytechnic Museum: plays the guitar and sings his poems, the audience in the hall applauds and sings along, after the concert everyone gets up and leaves the hall ; among the public B. Okudzhava, B. Akhmadulina, E. Yevtushenko (b / w plans for the chronicle, which was included in the film "Ilyich's Outpost" directed by M. Khutsiev 196). The building of the Polytechnic Museum (color plans, modern Moscow). Part 3. Composer and music producer Stas Namin goes on stage and congratulates Yevgeny Yevtushenko on his birthday, those present in the hall applaud, songwriter S. Nikitin sings a song to the verses of E. Yevtushenko (sync.) (Color plans); Performance by the poet R. Rozhdestvensky (sync., B / w plans of the 60s); composer D. Kabalevsky conducts a symphony orchestra performing Requiem to lyrics by R. Rozhdestvensky (the choir sings behind the scenes) (b / w plans 1960s years); interview with E. Yevtushenko (sync. color. pl.); speech of R. Rozhdestvensky at the opening of a memorial plaque on Malaya Gruzinskaya street at number 28, where V. Vysotsky lived (sync.); among those present at the meeting poetess B. Akhmadulina; a crowd of people on Malaya Gruzinskaya (b / w plans, early 1990s); an exhibition of prints, lithographs, drawings and household items depicting images of old Moscow from the collection of R. Rozhdestvensky under the arches of the Pharmaceutical Chambers in the Museum of Architecture; Among the visitors of the exhibition: R. Rozhdestvensky's widow Alla Kireeva, writer Leonid Zhukhovitsky, doctor L. Roshal, composer Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov and Moscow historian architect Vladimir Rezvin. Part 4. The widow of Robert Rozhdestvensky - Alla Kireeva and his daughters Ksenia and Ekaterina at an exhibition in the Museum of Architecture. Performance of the "Arsenal" ensemble on the stage of one of the concert halls. Alexey Kozlov plays the saxophone (sync.) (Color plans); Cafe "Molodezhnoe" on Gorky Street; the orchestra plays jazz (sync.); composers A. Eshpai and J. Frenkel are sitting at a table; Alexey Kozlov plays the saxophone (b / w plans, 1967); A. Kozlov and V. Aksenov on stage (b / w plan, 1960s); performance of the Czechoslovak dance ensemble at a gala concert in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses during Days of Czechoslovak Culture in Moscow (sync., Color plans, 1968), newsreel footage, depicting the entry of Soviet troops into Czechoslovakia in August 1968: Soviet tanks drive through the cities of Czechoslovakia, local residents greet Soviet soldiers: waving from the windows; Soviet tanks in Prague, people are running down the street, standing with placards: "You have invaded our house", "Go home"; tanks and people on Wenceslas Square, the inhabitants of Prague are protesting against the entry of Soviet troops into the territory of Czechoslovakia, trucks with people are driving along the streets of Prague. Views of the village of Peredelkino; sign with the inscription “E. Evtushenko Museum-Gallery, st. Gogol, 1a "; actress Alla Demidova in the halls of the gallery, gives interviews (sinhr.). Part 5. Actress Alla Demidova in the halls of the E. Yevtushenko Museum-Gallery in Peredelkino, gives interviews (sinhr.) Actress Alla Demidova in fragments of the films "Shield and Sword", "Mirror" (b / w plans); film director A. Tarkovsky in the editing room with an assistant , on the set of the film "Andrei Rublev" with actor A. Solonitsyn, on one of the streets of Moscow (b / w chronicle, 1970s); view of the theater building on Taganka (color plans of the chronicle, 1970s); people at the theater building, director Y. Lyubimov at a rehearsal in the hall, poets B.Sh. Okudzhava, N. Korzhavin, E. Yevtushenko in the foyer of the theater (b / w plans, 1970s), general view of one of the university campuses in the United States; V. Aksenov conducts a lesson with students; V. Aksenov and students on the lawn (b / w plans, 1980s); V. Aksenov at a meeting with readers, signs books. Part 6. The building of the Medical Institute in Kazan; V. Aksenov is standing by the building (b / w plans); Writer V. Voinovich in the studio of B. Messerer, sits, shares his memories (sync. and for the frame.); V. Voinovich and B. Messerer are talking in the workshop (sinhr.); a panorama of the workshop; portrait of B. Akhmadulina by B. Messerer in the workshop, gramophone pipes in the interior of the workshop, drawings by the artist. Part 7. Work table in the workshop of B. Messerer; B. Messerer shares his memories. The building of the hotel "Soviet", where the theater "Romen" is located; Artists of the Sovremennik Theater at one of their meetings; among them O. Efremov, A. Pokrovskaya, N. Arkhangelskaya, O. Tabakov and others; the building of the Sovremennik Theater on Mayakovsky Square; people at the theater, asking for an extra ticket (b / w plans, 1960s) sketches for the scenery of the performances "Snow White" and "Cyrano de Bergerac" by B. Messerer for "Sovremennik" and sketches of scenery for the performances of the Bolshoi Theater; evening at the Museum of Fine Arts Arts named after Pushkin, dedicated to B. Akhmadulina; among those present in the hall B. Messerer, film director V. Abdrashitov, S. Namin, R. Gabriadze, I. Antonova, O. Ostroumova, M. Neyolova, P. Todorovsky and M. Todorovskaya and others. V. Abdrashitov speaks about the generation “ sixties "(sync.); Peredelkino settlement: street, dacha of B. Akhmadulina, sign with the inscription" Museum of Bulat Okudzhava ", house of B. Okudzhava. Part 8. House-Museum of B. Okudzhava in Peredelkino. Interiors of rooms in the house-museum. Singer Elena Kamburova in one of the rooms of the museum, shares her memories (sinhr.). The streets of the village. Panorama from the road to the house-museum of K. Chukovsky and the house-museum of L. Pasternak. The movement of electric trains on the railway of the Kiev direction. General view of the building of the theater "School of the modern play". Opening in the theater of the annual festival from May 9 to 11, 2011 "I will call friends", dedicated to Bulat Okudzhava. E. Yevtushenko sits in the garden at the dacha, shares his memories of Peredelkino (sinhr.). Part 9. Yevtushenko's dacha in Peredelkino. Pictures in the museum-gallery E. Yevtushenko. E. Yevtushenko is sitting at a table in the garden, sharing his memories. Bella Akhmadulina recites poetry at the annual poetry festival in Mikhailovsky (b / w plans, 1960s). Film director M. Khutsiev, poet A. Voznesensky, writer V. Aksenov (b / w plans, 1960s). E. Yevtushenko with a glass, drinking wine, winking (b / w plans, 1960s-1970s). Bulat Okudzhava with a guitar (color plans). Speech by the poet O. Suleimenov (b / w plans, 1980s). Ales Adamovich and Vitaly Korotich are talking in the foyer of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses (color plan, 1989-1990). B. Okudzhava plays the guitar and sings (sync., Color plan, 1980s). The film uses photographs from personal archives.