Focuses on the lives of two married Polish couples (one Jewish, one Catholic) and the personal and social devastation wrought by the Holocaust and its aftermath.
In one small provincial town lives Savva Kulikov. In ordinary life, he is an exemplary Soviet citizen and an up-and-coming economist, but Kulikov has an unusual hobby — he trains his own pets, teaching them many amusing stunts. Among the "pupils" Savva already have a dog, a cat and even a...
The long-term war with Sparta ends. The power and prosperity of Athens has sunk into the past; in an atmosphere of general despair and irritation, democracy, tyranny, and oligarchy replace each other. Against this background, the last, tragic period of Socrates’ life takes place.
Alexey Kontsevoy, a sailor, comes to his village on vacation and finds out that a wonderful girl, Alyona Sinevets, is going to marry a visiting loafer, Venya. Having found out that Venya has a family in Murmansk, Lech decides to disrupt the wedding...
A young family takes their grandmother. After all, the city apartment needs to be furnished with new furniture, which they buy with the proceeds from the sale of the village house. But the son and daughter-in-law cannot find a suitable place for their grandmother in their spacious apartment ...
The respected chairman Yakov Rusak, upon retiring, nominates his son Alexei, who has graduated from university and defended his dissertation, as his successor. However, the younger Rusak, who has his own vision for restructuring his village, does not intend to continue his father's traditions in...
A Few Amusing Episodes from the Life of the Village of Golodranka One day, a young peasant named Stepan lost his mare, who ran off pulling a cart full of hay. Stepan spent the whole day scouring the forest roads in search of her—only to find the stubborn beast calmly standing in his own yard....
