Vladimir Kozeykin

When the British, wanting to surprise the Emperor Alexander Pavlovich, presented a clockwork miracle flea, they did not know into the hands of which craftsman it would fall on Russian soil.

The heroes strive, at the cost of any trials and sacrifices, to discover the gold-bearing veins and placer deposits the country so desperately needs. Meanwhile, hardened villains operate alongside them, doing everything they can to thwart their plans and intentions—this drives the dramatic tension and the intense events of the production…

Performance based on the novel of the same name by Yuri Olesha with the participation of actors from the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theater of M. Gorky.

The teleplay was based on V. Mayakovsky’s poems “You!”, “Listen!”, “Conversation with Comrade Lenin” and other works of the poet.

By a twist of fate, Prince Olensky, a scholar of art history and the director of the Hermitage, is entrusted with the mission of preserving the museum's collection for Russia during the October days of 1917.