Pre-Petrine Russia, Semyon Lazarev, one of the instigators of the “Copper Riot”, is forced to flee, as a result of which he ends up in the army of the leader of the peasant uprising Stepan Razin.
A detachment of Red Army soldiers is ambushed, from where only the boy can escape.
The film is based on the story of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. A sad story about how the demagogue and idler Foma Opiskin lived in the house of Colonel Rostanev, took possession of the souls and minds of educated, intelligent people.
The arrival of a famous writer brings disarray to the lives of an aspiring playwright and a young actress.
In this sentimental musical, a polar explorer falls in love with a young woman.