A superliner carrying millionaires crashed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Only a few people were saved. They swim on a raft and listen to humorous fables about friendship between Ukrainians and Jews told by a Hasid.
In an effort to expose the mafia resident, the criminal investigation inspector infiltrates the criminal environment and finds out who is hiding under the guise of one of his bosses.
Based on a novel by Ivan Bahryanyi. About the terrible years of repression in Ukraine in the 1930s.
