Galina Arbuzova

A group of youngsters get familiar with "causality effect paradigm" for the first time in their lives and find it not so pleasant.

The end of the XVIII century. The reign of Catherine II. In the deep Russian provinces, among the vast steppes of the Ural escaped convict Yemelyan Pugachev proclaimed himself Emperor Peter III of Russia. Under the banner of the Pretender embarked detachments of Cossacks, fugitive serfs, and many spirited people. In these troubled times in the God-forsaken Belogorsk young officer Pyotr Grinyov meets his first love - Masha, the daughter of Captain Mironov. Recklessly passionate love with each other did not want to notice the signs of impending trouble. They did not know that soon they will be an ordeal. They could not imagine how bizarre way their fates intertwined with the fate of the self-proclaimed king, and what an incredible effort will be worth it to save their lives and feelings in the bloody chaos of Russian riot.

The film is set in 1890s London. Sarah lived happily in India with her father, but when he was drafted into military service he placed Sarah in a boarding school in London. Sarah was lonely, but she made some good friends at school. Suddenly her father was announced dead in a mine accident and Sarah became an orphan. Now she goes on a long and dangerous journey to find her father, who loved her and called her a "little princess".

The main characters, or rather the heroines, were 13-year-old girls. Different in character, in social status, they are in love with the same guy - a musician by profession, a rising star of local importance. After one of the concerts, his car is stolen. From this moment, dramatic events develop in the life of our heroes.

An unexpected tragedy befalls ballerina Ekaterina Orlova: her husband is shot in the head before her very eyes.