Darling Friends

1991 television film adaptation of Sidney Sheldon's 1970 novel The Naked Face.

The 1920s. Count Kabardin, who emigrated to France, sends Colonel Lavrov to Russia with the aim of bringing his daughter Irina to Paris. Irina married Chekist Andrei Slavinsky and joined the revolution. Under the guise of a White Guard lieutenant, Andrei is sent to France. He carries out a secret intelligence mission. But Irina believes that her husband has died. The chairman of the Cheka, learning of Lavrov's visit, gives him the opportunity to take Irina to France and gives her a new assignment and a password for Andrei.

Lyudmila doesn't have any luck in finding the perfect job. She tried to be an air hostess, newscaster, model, ice skater, but fate had something else in store for her - a petrol station, where her incredible positivity and fiery personality charm everyone around her.

Anya, finding herself in unfamiliar Kyiv, meets casual acquaintances who help her adapt to the new city. One of them, engineer Sasha, accompanies her to the train station and later comes to her city. He persuades Anya to enroll in a Kyiv institute, which she agrees to do.

All the years spent behind the school bench, they were devoted to the dream of flying. And now they are again students, but they are solving completely different problems. Three young daredevils conquer the sky, forgetting about earthly problems and disputes. But the everyday life of test pilots of supersonic fighters is unpredictable and dangerous. A routine training flight overnight can be a harsh test of courage for them. Today, future aces will face a difficult exam, for which life itself will put a mark.

On the way to Partisans camp Sgt. Tsybulya suddenly lands in the middle of German troops. Now he must find a way to return to the Red Army.

Nikita Dmitrievich Golovlev, a successful businessman, while celebrating his granddaughter’s birthday, receives a strange telegram: “I’m coming with my daughter Victoria. Your greatest love." A stormy showdown begins between Nikita Dmitrievich and his wife. Then the son quarrels with his daughter-in-law, and as a result, the granddaughter, whom everyone has forgotten about, leaves the house wherever she goes. Never before has she wanted to die so much... She is saved by a random acquaintance who explains what the Gift of God is.

The eight-man rowing team is preparing for the next competition.

About the establishment of Soviet power in Ukraine and the struggle of Chekists against nationalist gangs. The events take place in the 1920s.

Ukraine, 1919. Bolshevik counter-intelligence agents work to stop an uprising by White Russian nationalist-monarchist counterrevolutionaries. A young countess finds herself caught between her family and class allegiance and burgeoning Communist sympathies inflamed by a chance meeting with a handsome young Ukrainian chekist.

Part 2 of the duology, a continuation of the film God's Gift. The thirst for power is the root of much evil. It may seem that money can buy everything—but not happiness or faith in God. Goodness and love must prevail, and they do, no matter how powerful evil may be.