Graduation work of 'All-Union State Institute of Cinematography' (aka 'VGIK', now 'Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography') students.
The film consists of three parts:
1) "Besschasntnaya Matryonka" (writer and director Natalya Bondarchuk);
2) "Bratets Fedos" (writer and director Igor Khutsiev );
3) "Vanka Kain" (writer and director Nikolay Burlyaev );