The Gift of Faith

A film about the icon painter GN Zhuravlev (1858-1916) without arms and legs, who was born in the village of Utevka, Samara province, and who painted icons with a brush in his mouth. Samara Region. Landscapes. River. Children jump into the water. Believers pray in church. Confession. The priest forgives sins. Cemetery. Grave of G. N. Zhuravlev. Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Landscapes of the surroundings. Icon painters at work in the studio. Icons in the Museum of the Lavra, including the icon by G.N. Zhuravlev. Trinity Church in the village of Utevka. Frescoes by G.N. Zhuravlev. Chronicle footage: a country road, village children, a boy putting on bast shoes, a woman chopping wood, children playing, men mowing, women winding threads, boys bathing horses, children at school in class, blind [wanderers] are walking, views of the city of Samara.

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