About the life and work of the poet Sergei Yesenin, his connection with his native country, its people and nature. Childhood, love, painful searches for his place in the new, revolutionary Russia — everything found a place in Yesenin's lyrics. Frames illustrating Yesenin's poetry and poems are side by side in the film with episodes of the poet's biography: the film reflects the days of his stay in America, World War I, revolution and village round dances, a daring uncle, a wise mother...
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Cast
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Sergey Nikonenko
Sergei Yesenin
Known for
What Men Talk About
Ten Winters
Nataliia Uzhvii
mother
Also in
Rainbow
Ukrainian Rhapsody
Sergei Urusevsky
David Vinitsky
Sergei Esenin
Andrei Kostrichkin
granddad
Also in
The Overcoat
The New Babylon
Kirill Molchanov
Natalya Belokhvostikova
Anna Snegina
Also in
Teheran '43
The Circus Princess
Emin Khachaturyan
Tatyana Ignatova
Tanyusha
Known for
The Twelve Chairs
Ordinary Miracle
Aleksandr Renkov
Yevgeni Kindinov
brown haired guy
Also in
Romance for Lovers
Taiga Story
Sergei Urusevsky Director · Gennady Shpalikov Writer Kirill Molchanov Composer
First release March 1, 1973 · Produced in Russia · Original title Пой песню, поэт…
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Пой песню, поэт…
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · March 1, 1973
Russia · March 22, 1973
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No release date listed for United States.
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