Yevgeniy Shpitko

A finding of an old briefcase in a ruined house in 1970s leads to a treasure, hidden in the 1920s.

A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.

Denise de Flavigny, a young convent student, discovers a double-life of the organist Célestin, who teaches her music at the convent. He secretly composes popular operettas for his mistress Corinne. Célestin visits the city to witness the premiere of his latest effort; Denise escapes the convent as well. Following a quarrel with Célestin, Corinne walks out and instead, Denise appears in her role, taking the name Mam'zelle Nitouche. Denise falls in love with Fernand, a handsome young soldier. Both Denise and Célestin are mistaken for soldiers absent without leave and shipped off to an army camp. A series of coincidences brings happiness to all concerned.

On the eve of his wedding to his beloved, Edmond Dantès is falsely accused of being imprisoned in the gloomy Château d'If. He will languish there for the rest of his days. But a desperate determination to save himself and a stroke of luck help him escape. Having become fabulously rich and transformed into the Count of Monte Cristo, he begins his vengeance...