We Won't Say Goodbye to the Border

An old puppet maker tells his little friend the story of his first love.

In the middle of the 17th century, a Cossack named Almaz Bitiy saves an alien from a certain death. In gratitude, he gives the Earthman an elixir of youth.

Platon Smolyak, the director of the industrial complex, decides to begin land restoration work following an accident at the quarry, but he faces resistance from members of the city party committee bureau. The workers support him, arguing that the cause was a shift in the soil rather than any failure on his part. Zhulai calls for a thorough analysis of the situation before a decision is made.

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

Based on the novel of the same name by Yurii Mushketyk. For the second year, a laboratory headed by professor Marchenko has been working on the problem of photosynthesis. The work absorbs the entire team – each new result seems to confirm the correctness of the leader’s theory. The scientist Borozna, convinced that his colleague’s research path is mistaken, makes it clear to a doctor that it is time to stop and take a more critical look at the results.