Cast: Vladimir Msryan, Stefan Vasiliev, Albert Filozov, Alla Chernova, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Vladimir Samoilov, Donatas Banionis, Vanya Tsvetkova, Vsevolod Shilovsky, Olgert Kroders, Juozas Budraitis, Yuri Katin-Yartsev, Peter Slabakov, Vladimir Pitsek
Abstract: A biographical film about the great Italian violinist and composer Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840). The painting "Niccolo Paganini" became one of the most notable premieres of its time. And there are many reasons for this. The main thing, perhaps, is that the tape, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the famous violinist, is completely devoid of cold memorialism. Julius Schmidt, the biographer of Niccolo Paganini, narrates about his life, ups and downs, love and conflicts with the Catholic Church, trying to understand the nature of genius, to unravel the reason for the genius of Paganini's works. Not limited to the task of releasing the film by the memorable date, the directors tried to look at the past with an open mind, with a fresh look.It is difficult to remember at least one musician, whose name was associated with so many conjectures, legends, deliberate omissions and unsaid "truths", as with the name of the great Italian virtuoso. However, the brightness of the biography does not guarantee the success of the film. There are many examples when the most intense and dramatic collisions turned into a monotonous list of events on the screen. The authors of the film about Paganini managed to avoid the standard trouble, although it must be admitted that they were sometimes tempted by the colorful illustrativeness. The violin part is performed by Leonid Kogan