“Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive”- a Russian motion picture directed by Pyotr Buslov about the legendary personality of the twentieth century - Vladimir Vysotsky. The script for the film was written by the poet's son Nikita Vysotsky. Initially, the premiere was scheduled for July 24, 2011 and was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the death of Vladimir Semenovich, then the show was moved to autumn 2011. The film was released on December 1, 2011.
The action of the film takes place in 1979, the KGB of Uzbekistan plans to conduct an operation to expose the fraudsters - the organizers of concerts of famous artists in Uzbekistan. To carry out this operation, the KGB recruits an impresario, who agrees to cooperate with the Chekists in organizing Vysotsky's tours. Upon arrival in Bukhara, Vysotsky begins a narcotic withdrawal, they call him an ambulance, but the ambulance doctor refuses to inject the poet with drugs. Showing wonders of ingenuity, the actor's friends 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, transports drugs to Bukhara, which costs her considerable efforts: the KGB is watching her, an Uzbek driver tries to rape her, then an explanation follows with the KGB, during which she confesses that she is carrying drugs. In the end, the Chekists let Tatyana go, leaving her passport with them. During concerts in Bukhara, Vysotsky's friends fear that he will fall right on the stage and demand that the tour be canceled, while 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 tries to arrest the actor, but the case intervened (a member of the Central Committee was present at the concert), and the arrest was canceled. After concerts with Vysotsky, an attack occurred - he experienced clinical death, during which he had a dream where his second wife and two children were stuck in car on a road soggy from the rains. He kicks out the car and immediately comes to his senses. The KGB officers know all the steps of the poet, right down to the fact that he survived the attack. Through friends of Vladimir Semenovich, they, having previously taken all the ampoules with drugs, 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.
