Russia between two revolutions: 1905−1917. Two worlds. One workshop. One family.
The dynamics of the era are captured by the famous works of art that frame it. In 1906, the largest of the Faberge eggs from the Imperial series — «Moscow Kremlin» — was created; in 1915, Kazimir Malevich’s «Black Square» was created.
Pavel Kuteynikov, a genius of Russian jewelry art, believes: His fragile creations made of gleaming metal and precious stones will endure for centuries, for beauty lies at the very foundation of the world. Kuteynikov’s sons absorbed their father’s faith from childhood. But they are children of a revolutionary era; each of them experiences the drama of the fractured «Silver Age» in their own way. The line of division ran right through the family, and discord took root in the Kuteynikov household. The father and his sons are arguing not about money, not about politics, but about beauty, in which they continue to seek support in turbulent times. What is it, true beauty: in the gleam of gold or in the flame of a world conflagration?