"Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive" - Russian film directed by Pyotr Buslov about the legendary personality of the twentieth century - Vladimir Vysotsky. The script for the film was written by the son of the poet Nikita Vysotsky. Initially, the premiere was scheduled for July 24, 2011 and dedicated to the anniversary of the death of Vladimir Semenovich, then the screening was moved to the fall of 2011. The film was released on December 1, 2011.
The film takes place in 1979, the KGB of Uzbekistan plans to conduct an operation to expose fraudsters - organizers of concerts of famous artists in Uzbekistan. To carry out this operation, the KGB recruits an impresario who agrees to cooperate with the KGB in organizing Vysotsky’s tour. Upon arrival at Vysotsky’s Bukhara, drug withdrawal begins, he is called an ambulance, but the ambulance doctor refuses to inject the poet with the drug. Showing miracles of ingenuity, friends of the actor find an ampoule with a substance. But Vladimir needs a lot of such ampoules and the only way to get them is to bring them from Moscow. The poet’s assistant, Tanya Ivleva, smuggles drugs into Bukhara, which costs her considerable effort: the KGB watches her, an Uzbek driver tries to rape her, then an explanation from the KGB specialist follows, during which she admits that she is carrying drugs. In the end, the Chekists let go of Tatyana, leaving her passport with her. During concerts in Bukhara, Vysotsky’s friends fear that he will fall right on the stage and demand the cancellation of the tour, the poet himself continues to perform. During the concert, the performer becomes ill, the last song sounds to the soundtrack. After the program, the KGB tried to arrest the actor, but the incident intervened (a member of the Central Committee was present at the concert) and the arrest was canceled. After the concerts, Vysotsky had an attack - he experienced a clinical death, during which he had a dream where his second wife and two children were stuck in a car on a road wet from rains. He pushes the car and immediately comes to his senses. KGB employees know all the steps of the poet, to the extent that he survived the attack. Through Vladimir Semenovich’s friends, after having taken all the ampoules with drugs first, they demand the poet’s immediate departure to Moscow. Vysotsky returns to the capital and dies exactly one year after the events described in the film.
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