An elderly man takes in his orphaned niece after the death of his younger brother. On the way home, on the train, in communication with various people, the true traits of his character are revealed.
Yakov Koreshnikov, a border guard with extensive experience, is leading an operation to detain a group of foreign agents. Back in the 20s, he participated in the liquidation of the Basmachi gang. Then he first met the traitor Abzal. During the Great Patriotic War, Koreshnikov again had to face him....
Civil War. Southern steppes of Russia. Circumstances bring together various people: the Chekist, professor, actor, nurse and White Guard officer posing as a vet. On two tachanka's they make their way into the city.
A small Belarusian town, where Olga, a vivacious and able to stand up for herself and her daughter, lived, was occupied by the Germans. It was she who was approached by the underground with a request to ransom a man from a prisoner-of-war camp. The young woman was shocked by what she saw in the...
Many years ago, the geologist Ilya, together with his friend Peter, came to the island of Olkhovy near Sakhalin. Here they were searching for iron ore. Peter died during the prospecting work, while Ilya successfully continued the search.
Egorov, a young hunter, dreams of catching a tiger. Traveling through the remote corners of the Soviet Union, Egorov comprehends the difficult profession of a trapper.
Based on the play of the same name by Anatoly Sofronov. In one of the Kuban collective farms, a new beauty-cook has appeared. Many began to look after her, but the girl was not a timid dozen and quickly gave a turn to the unlucky boyfriends from the gate. However, true love found a way to her...
Sasha came to visit his grandfather, a forester. He thought that in the reserved forest wilderness, near the Sovetskaya River, an unforgiving silence had settled in and that he could rest in peace. But here goes its own complicated life. It turned out that his grandfather was waging a real war with...
A toboggan train is coming to the village from the construction site of a drilling rig: a tractor pulling a carriage on a snowy track. It's blizzarding, fuel is running out, the train gets off track, and the construction manager is in a bad mood: his wife has recently died of a heart attack,...
In the circus of the city Zurbagan a mysterious stranger with the ability to fly. Many present at this performance, however, few people think about what is happening.
Based on a novel by Vsevolod Vishnevsky. January 1917. The workers and peasants of Russia, hunted by the tsarist government in the trenches, forced to defend alien interests of the king, the landowners and exploiters-capitalists. Bolshevik worker Yakov Orel, selflessly performing party mission,...
The Far East. A tugboat with six sailors was swept out into the open ocean. After unsuccessful search efforts, young Captain Yelagin presents a series of evidence pointing to deliberate criminal activity and declares it an act of treason. Meanwhile, stranded without fuel and supplies, the sailors...
In a training flight, the Il-28 plane crashes. Shooter-radio operator Sorokin without an order leaves the plane, lands first and writes a denunciation to the pilot Yegorov. Yegorov has to leave military service, his beloved girlfriend Nadya is leaving him. Sixteen years have passed since then....