Unknown About Unknown

The film tells about the life of the sculptor and graphic artist Ernst Neizvestny, who has lived abroad since 1976. E. Unknown in his workshop in New York talks about how he sees the film about himself, talks about the reasons for his emigration, about the struggle for survival, about "synthetic monumentalism", about the position of the Soviet government in relation to artists, about "anthropological "the crime of the Soviet regime, about the provocations of the authorities against him, about the civic principle in art and opportunism, about the tasks of the artist (sinhr.). NDP at the artist's studio in New York. Arkady Vatsberg talks with E. Unknown in the workshop (sinhr.). NDP based on the monumental work of E. Neizvestny "The Tree of Life". E. Neizvestny's students work in his workshop, talk about their teacher (sinhr.). New York, May 1989 Exhibition of bronze by E. Unknown at the Nakhankin Gallery on Madison Avenue. The artist's mother B.A. Dizhur, his daughter, friends at the opening day. BA Dizhur talks about his son, reads his poems (sinhr.). E. Neizvestny talks about the work on the monument to the victims of the Stalinist regime, about his vision of the monument (sinhr.). Unknown man with his students are working on the monument. Model of the monument. E. Unknown paints a picture in his studio, receives visitors. The artist talks about how he fought in the Great Patriotic War, reads his poems about the war (sinhr.). The crucifix is the tombstone of A. Tarkovsky (work by E. Neizvestny). July 1989, Sheremetyevo airport. E. Unknown arrives in Moscow as a member of the US government delegation. E. Neizvestny speaks to the audience, talks about the concept of the word "freedom" (sinhr.) E. Neizvestny goes to his former home in Moscow, to the house where in the 70s. there was his workshop, goes to the grave of N.S. Khrushchev at the Novodevichy cemetery, tells how he worked on the tombstone of the former leader of the country. E. Unknown in the suburbs of Sverdlovsk. Types of Sverdlovsk - the city of the artist's youth. View of an Orthodox church in the Ural village in the summer. Sweden: rural landscapes; the interiors of the museum of E. Neizvestny. Views of New York. Passers-by on the streets of the city. Sculptures of E. Unknown on the streets of the city. River landscapes. E. Unknown with his daughter are sailing on a boat. The artist's daughter talks about her father, about his life in America (sinhr.). The film uses footage of newsreels from 1973: E. Neizvestny works in his workshop in Moscow, sculptures in the yard of the workshop.

Color

7

1990