Mikhail Sholokhov

Cinema and photographic documents about the writer M. A. Sholokhov from 1935 to 1965, which reflect the professional and social activities of the writer. Among the documentary films: creative meetings of the writer; writers' and party congresses, in which M. A. Sholokhov participates; the presentation of the Lenin Prize and the Nobel Prize to MA Sholokhov and the ceremony of vesting MA Sholokhov in the mantle of an academician of the University of St Andrews, Great Britain; meetings of MA Sholokhov, as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, with voters; press conferences by M. A. Sholokhov for Soviet and foreign journalists; MA Sholokhov on the set of films based on his works; MA Sholokhov with his family at home and others. Writers N. Tikhonov, A. Kalinin, actor E. Matveev, Finnish writer M. Larni, Polish writer J. Ivashkovich, Soviet writer Ch. Aitmatov, artist O. Vereisky talk about M. A. Sholokhov (synchronously). Speeches of MA Sholokhov at a meeting dedicated to his 60th birthday, on Japanese television, at the 24th Congress of the CPSU, at a press conference following the international symposium "Sholokhov and We" (synchronously). Film portraits of the writer K. Fedin, the Chilean poet P. Nerudo, reading his poems (synchronously), the American writer E. Hemingway, the American singer P. Robson. Fragments from the feature films "Nahalenok" (director E. Karelov, cameraman G. Shatrov, 1962), "Fate of a Man" (director S. Bondarchuk, cameraman V. Monakhov, 1959), "Virgin Soil Upturned" (director A Ivanov, cameraman V. Fastovich, 1960), "Quiet Don" (director S. Gerasimov, cameraman V. A. Rapoport, 1957-58), "They fought for the Motherland" (director S. Bondarchuk , 1975) (synchronously).

Color

6

1975