The Path to the Last Shelter

The film tells about the various problems associated with funeral rites in society. Chronicle footage: burial opening; experts examine the relics in the coffin, a priest is standing nearby. The lecturer shows the audience a human skull. Processes of making artificial flowers, wreaths for funeral rites. Funeral procession at the cemetery. The process of cremation of the deceased. Fragments of the funeral of IV Stalin: a memorial meeting on Red Square; members of the Soviet leadership LP Beria, NS Khrushchev and others on the podium of the Lenin Mausoleum. People walk along the alley of the cemetery. An elderly woman talks about her life (synchronously). Cemetery workers are preparing graves. Fragments of the funeral of various people. Tombstone with the inscription: "Common grave of unclaimed ashes". Wreaths are burning in the fire. The funeral of the Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee M. A. Suslov: members of the Soviet leadership L. I. Brezhnev, K. U. Chernenko and others - at the coffin. The funeral of KU Chernenko: members of the Soviet leadership - at the coffin. A passer-by at the cemetery talks about the problems associated with the burial of people (synchronously). The guide conducts an excursion to the Vagankovskoye cemetery in Moscow. The grave of actors O. Dahl, A. Mironov, figure skater L. Pakhomova, poet S. Yesenin, actor V. Vysotsky. Queue to Lenin's Mausoleum. A meeting dedicated to the problem of reburial of the body of V. I. Lenin; the speaker is speaking (synchronously). Ancient graves in the archaeological site.

Color

3

1989