The creative fate of Oleg Strizhenov, an outstanding Russian actor, turned out happily. And decades after the release of Gadfly, we watch this movie with bated breath. First of all, thanks to the inspiration of the twenty-six-year-old Strizhenov. Next were "The Mexican", "Forty-one", "Walking across Three Seas", "The Captain's Daughter", "White Nights", "The Northern Tale", "The Queen of Spades", "Unsubdued" - films that entered the golden fund of Russian cinema. More than one generation has been brought up on the images created by the talent of the romantic artist. This book is the revelations of a unique artist about life, about creativity, about himself.