Movie adaptation after Carlo Goldoni`s "I rusteghi" comedy, written in 1760.
The occupation of Bessarabia by the Russians in 1940 separates an opera singer from her family, leaving her under Bolshevik rule until Romanian troops enter Odessa.
The Nazi troops are retreating from Romania. On a wester town, they have to be held back until some strategic trains can leave the train station.
