Exhibition "Paustovsky and Cinema"

November 1 in the gallery "Belyaevo" Association "Exhibition Halls of Moscow" will be the official opening of the exhibition "Paustovsky and Cinema." The project was prepared jointly with the Moscow Literary Museum-Center K.G. Paustovsky as part of a citywide program celebrating the 125th anniversary of the writer with the participation of the State Central Museum of Cinema and the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art.

Screen versions of the works of Konstantin Paustovsky and his work as a screenwriter are a significant part of the writer’s creative biography. Films based on the scripts of Paustovsky occupy a worthy place in the history of Russian cinema and have a difficult fate. The Paustovsky and Cinema exhibition reveals the history of the author’s complex creative relationship with cinema. The conceptual core of the exposition was the writer’s work on the films: Kara-Bugaz (1935, directed by Alexander Razumny), Lermontov (1943, directed by Albert Handelstein) and Northern Tale (1960, directed by Eugene Andrikanis).

Advertising frame. kf "Lermontov". From the funds of the State Central Museum of Cinema

The exhibition tells about the painful search for artistic compromises while working on scripts, about the mysterious story of the “Kara-Bugaz” film “disappearing”, about complex film expeditions in the Caspian deserts and filming in Stalinabad, about the success of the “Northern Story”, which attracted thirty million viewers, about the anger of Stalin and the enthusiastic reviews of Henri Barbusse, about the criticism of contemporaries and the recognition of film historians after decades of oblivion.

The working time of filming. CF "Northern Tale". From the funds of the State Central Museum of Cinema

Photo from the archive of A. Razumny. CF "Kara-Bugaz". Russian State Archive of Literature and Art

Visitors to the Paustovsky and Cinema exhibition for the first time will be able to see author’s scripts with edits by the writer, film production documents, transcripts of art tips, letters, photographs, sketches of costumes and sets from the collections of the Moscow Literature Museum Center KG Paustovsky, Russian State Archive of Literature and Art and the Museum of Cinema.

The exhibition will include lectures and open film screenings of the State Central Museum of Cinema. In the "Animation" zone, a children’s museum studio will operate.

Exhibition "Paustovsky and Cinema" (12+)
Dates: November 1 - December 15, 2017
Opening hours: Tue - Sun 11: 00–20: 00
Cost: 100 rub. (50 rubles. - discount ticket)
Gallery "Belyaevo" Association "Exhibition Halls of Moscow"
St. Profsoyuznaya, 100, metro station Belyaevo