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...
as Sergei Yesenin
as mother
as granddad
as Anna Snegina
as Tanyusha
as brown haired guy
as uncle
as miller
as girl
as ferryman
as girl on the ferry
as Yesenin in childhood