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...
| Directing | Sergei Urusevsky | Director |
| Writing | Gennady Shpalikov | Writer |
| Writing | Sergei Urusevsky | Writer |
| Camera | Sergei Urusevsky | Director of Photography |
| Art | David Vinitsky | Production Design |
| Sound | Kirill Molchanov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Olga Burkova | Sound |
| Sound | Emin Khachaturyan | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatyana Kovrigina | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Tamara Zubrova | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyudmila Mochalina | Costume Design |
| Camera | Aleksandr Dvigubskiy | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Zoya Moryakova | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Renkov | Visual Effects Camera |
