Sing a Song, Poet
Sing a Song, Poet

Movie·1973·1h 14m

Sing a Song, Poet

Country

Soviet Union

Language

Russian

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The Story

Original title: Пой песню, поэт…

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...

Written By

Gennady Shpalikov

Producer

Viktor Slonimskiy

Cinematography

Sergei Urusevsky

Music

Kirill Molchanov

Editor

Tamara Zubrova

Themes

poetrybiography

Production House

Mosfilm

Audience Score

44%

8 votes

Skip20%
Timepass47%
Go for it26%
Perfection7%

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Cast

Sergey Nikonenko

Sergey Nikonenko

Sergei Yesenin

Nataliia Uzhvii

Nataliia Uzhvii

mother

Andrei Kostrichkin

Andrei Kostrichkin

granddad

Natalya Belokhvostikova

Natalya Belokhvostikova

Anna Snegina

Tatyana Ignatova

Tanyusha

Yevgeni Kindinov

Yevgeni Kindinov

brown haired guy

Boris Khmelnitsky

Boris Khmelnitsky

uncle

Aleksandr Khanov

Aleksandr Khanov

miller

Svetlana Sukhovey

Svetlana Sukhovey

girl

Valeri Khlevinsky

Valeri Khlevinsky

ferryman

Yelena Koreneva

Yelena Koreneva

girl on the ferry

Farik Zakharyan

Yesenin in childhood

// crew

Crew

Sergei Urusevsky

Sergei Urusevsky

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

Gennady Shpalikov

Gennady Shpalikov

Writer

Kirill Molchanov

Kirill Molchanov

Original Music Composer

Tamara Zubrova

Editor

Viktor Slonimskiy

Executive Producer

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