Sergey Ivanovich Retires

The Time That Has Passed

The 1950s. The head of the steel industry was removed from his position and appointed ambassador to one of the northern countries of Europe. He had enough time to reflect on his life and understand the true reason for his dismissal.

Always With Me

The famous scientist, academician and art critic Andrei Ilyin, who survived with the Hermitage staff the harsh trials of the Leningrad blockade, returned to his hometown after many years. The whole life of Ilyin is connected with Leningrad. A life that in the distant years of World War II would have seemed to have no future, but which, despite the unbearable horror of hunger and devastation, continued only in the name of the future ...

Day of Admittance on Personal Matters

One of the days in a life of a department manager...

The Pier on the Other Side

Aleksey Klimov, years after the war, cannot forget the girl Marusya, whom he met at the front as a young lieutenant. But then the war separated them. Many years later, having found Marusya, he comes to visit her. They realize that they still love each other. But they have families, and their happiness now can take place only at the cost of the misfortune of loved ones.

I Saw You First

A fourth-grader is looking for her father with the help of a friend.

Lights

A railway engineer tells the story of when he seduced a married woman whom he'd known since she was a schoolgirl, and how after convincing her he loved her he cruelly abandoned her.