Svetlana Melikhova

St. Petersburg. Winter of 1917, the eve of the February Revolution. The maid finds in the room the corpse of the murdered tenant. In his pocket, a hotel account was found in the name of Karl Fischer, a well-known banker. An investigation is beginning. In the list of suspects - an agent of the secret police...

Fencer Maria, having learned that the coach inclines girls from her team to cohabit, decides to openly defend the honor of her friends, but does not find support. Their fear of not going abroad to prestigious competitions is stronger.

TV director Pavel Prishvin is filming with his friend-filmmaker, whose film talks about Stalinism

Based on I. Bunin's "Rusya".