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...
Сергей Никоненко
as Sergei Yesenin
Наталья Ужвий
as mother
Andrei Kostrichkin
as granddad
Наталья Белохвостикова
as Anna Snegina
Татьяна Игнатова
as Tanyusha
Евгений Киндинов
as brown haired guy
Борис Хмельницкий
as uncle
Александр Ханов
as miller
Светлана Суховей
as girl
Валерий Хлевинский
as ferryman
Елена Коренева
as girl on the ferry
Farik Zakharyan
as Yesenin in childhood