Georgi Dultsev

The film’s action takes place in November 1982, on the day of L.I. Brezhnev’s death. Ivan Chashkin, a worker from a Siberian village, is rushing to his mother’s funeral in the Moscow region. The leader’s funeral creates numerous obstacles on the way of the film’s hero…

The film is based on a conflict between the director of a textile mill and the chief engineer, who regards the initiative of the director for automation of the enterprise as a projection project. However, thanks to young specialists, the director achieves the implementation of his plans by solving the demographic problem of the textile town and providing men with jobs.

Nikolaeva, the wife of a Red Army commander, and her two small children did not have time to evacuate and remained in the city occupied by the Germans. By hiding a persecuted woman in her house, Nikolaeva herself comes under suspicion. Having miraculously escaped arrest, she and her children are now forced to leave the city...