The Vasiliev Brothers

The film tells about the life and work of screenwriters and filmmakers Sergei Vasiliev and Georgy Vasiliev - the Vasiliev brothers. The film uses footage from newsreels of the First World War, the Soviet period, footage from feature films of the Vasiliev brothers. Types of Moscow. Palace of Peter I on Baumanskaya Street, where the military-historical archive is located. An outbuilding in the courtyard of the palace, where Sergei Vasiliev was born. Photos of the filmmaker's parents, a story about his childhood. Types of Leningrad. A story about the life of the Vasiliev family after moving to St. Petersburg, about how the fate of Sergei develops after the revolution. Studying S. Vasiliev at the Institute of Screen Art, filming a film, returning to Moscow, working as an editor-editor with S. Eisenstein. Types of Vologda in winter and summer. The street where Georgy Vasiliev was born. A story about the family of G. Vasiliev, his school years. Types of Astrakhan. Volga river. Georgy's studies at the Polytechnic Institute in Nizhny Novgorod, participation in the Civil War in the ranks of the Red Army, studies in the studio of IN Pevtsov, the beginning of work in the cinema. Meeting of Sergei and Georgy Vasiliev, the beginning of joint work in the studio of S. Eisenstein, experiments in the field of editing cinematography. Filming of the first joint film "Exploit in the Ice". Newsreel footage of the search for the Italian crew. Creation of a joint book on the art of editing. Sergei and Georgy take a joint name - the Vasiliev brothers, filming the films "The Sleeping Beauty" at Lenfilm, work on the films "A Personal File", "Unbelievable - but true." The history of the creation of the film "Chapaev". Actor BA Babochkin talks about working on the role of Chapaev (synchronously). Newsreel footage dedicated to the release of the film "Chapaev". The release of "Chapaev" on the screens of the world, reviews of the foreign press. Screen adaptation by the Vasiliev brothers of A. Korneichuk's play "Front". The Vasilievs bring the finished film to the hospital for viewing. Preparing to shoot a film about the fight against the invaders in the Far East. Work on the script "Defense of Tsaritsyn". Fragments of the filming. Stills from the film. Newsreels: the funeral of Georgy Vasiliev. Appointment of S. Vasiliev as artistic director of Lenfilm. History of creation of the film "Our Songs" by S. Vasiliev. Stills from the film. S. Vasiliev's trip to Bulgaria, assistance to the Bulgarian director in the filming of the film "Under the Yoke". Views of the city of Sofia. Work on the Soviet-Bulgarian film "Heroes of Shipka". Stills from the film. Presentation of the painting to the Bulgarian viewer. S. Vasiliev receives an award for directing at the World Film Festival in Cannes. Work on the film "In the days of October". Stills from the film. S. Vasiliev is working on the script for "War and Peace". Newsreels: the funeral of S. Vasiliev.

B&W

9

1964