Tvardovsky's Childhood

Tvardovsky's Childhood , 1980 (20:3)

Annotation: The film is about the childhood of Aleksandr Tvardovsky, an outstanding Soviet writer.

History: The film draws upon the Central State Archive of Cinema and Photo Documents of the USSR, the Smolensk regional museum, archives and private individuals. The film is a poet Konstantin Vanshenkin.

Film description: Landscape Smolensk region: a field, river, cows graze in a meadow, children riding in a cart through the field, through the old bridge. View village, rural smithy. Winter rural landscape: forest, river, field. Haymaking on the farm. The ferry sails on the river, the children are swimming in a river. In the film uses newsreel shots of the Great Patriotic War, filming of rural life peasants of Russia 20-30-ies, the types of Moscow 30-ies.

Source description 1: Autumn and summer landscapes of the Smolensk region.
The pictures of the village everyday life.
Soldiers go along the road.
A model of Tvardovsky’s homestead.
Work in a backsmith's shop.
Winter village landscapes.
The work of peasants: plowing, threshing and other.
Pasturing of horses for the night.

Source description 2: Newsreel: “Pakhota” [“Plowing”].
Harvest.
Newsreel of the 30-ies: Moscow
Newsreel of 1941:
Damages.
Soldiers everyday life, battles.
Haymaking, children are resting, lunch in the field.
A picture of Tvardovsky.
Spring landscape.

Directors: Geleyn I.

Operators: Orlov U., Poluyanov A.

Script writers: Vanshenkin K.

Composers: Botyarov E.

Announcer: Vanshenkin K.