Family house of Dostoevsky
Documentary is set in Staraya Russa (Old Russa), a small Russian town. Once here lived a famous Russia writer Fedor Dostoevsky. The film depicts a relatively happy period for the tormented author. His practical young wife, Anna Grigoryevna, took over his financial affairs, and they purchased a house in the quiet provincial town Staraya Russa, where much of "The Brothers Karamazov" was written. The writer was a wanderer; for a long time Dostoevsky did not have his own house. When he bought this very house in Staraya Russa he settled and enjoyed “ordinary person” life, firsts time in his entire life he felt understood. This house was surrounded by love; Dostoevsky could do everything here, even ridiculous things. Neighbors remembered that there was a light in the house during nights and probably the writer was up all the night. Dostoevsky was living here with his beloved wife, the best friend he ever had. The documentary encompasses family pictures, quotations from Dostoevsky’ letters and diary.
These were years of the Populist movement, successors to the revolutionaries of the 1840s, men with whom Dostoevsky had been allied before he was sent to Siberia and returned a mystical conservative. Dostoevsky opposed most of the Populist program. You will see revolutionary demonstrations in the town of Russa: a person with slogans, another one is playing harmonica, young people enjoying contemporary music on the streets. You will hear background voice of an older person, saying that those who conducted revolution, collectivisation are living the poorest life.
Dostoevsky deeply admired the spiritual qualities of the Russian Orthodox Church. Panorama view of Dostioevsky house in S. Russa: people are gathering inside the house, orthodox priest telling people about real values, religion believes.
The Great Russian writer Fedor Michailovich Dostoevsky arrived in Staraja Russa in 1872 and lived here fore eight years with his family. In the house on the silent coast of the river Pererytitsa there are genuine things, documents and books belonging to the writer.
P.S. Preview video clip contains mainly the views of town Staraya Russa and the writer home / house atmosphere. Also there are interviews to relatives and people living related to the writer.
