Pavel's mother hates his fiancee. When Pavel serves in the Army she writes him that Nastya is no longer faithful to him. Pavel decides not to return to his native town. But many years later he returns to his fathers funeral and finds out that Nastya died sometime ago. She left three kids orphans and her elder daughter is also a daughter of Pavel.

In "Dead Souls" Gogol posed the most pressing and painful questions of modern life. The very title of the poem had enormous revealing power; it carried, according to Herzen, “something terrifying”, “he could not name it otherwise; not the revisionists - dead souls, but all these Nozdryovs. Manilovs and all those like them are dead souls, and we meet them at every step..."

About the forestry scientist Ivan Vikhrov, who devoted his life to the forest and the fight against the fact that “forestry is turning into ordinary forest management.”

A little girl takes in a German Shepherd puppy and the dog grows up to be her and her family's best friend.

In St. Petersburg, behind the Narva outpost, there is great excitement - the revolutionary Nechaev has appeared, who will incite the workers to fight. Neither the policeman, nor the policeman, nor the owner of the tavern - no one knows what he looks like. But everyone is determined to catch him.

A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.

In the family of the driver Skvortsov on one of the outskirts of Moscow growing son Andrew, the future designer of high-speed firearms, but for now — inquisitive and hard-working boy, dreaming of studying. Ahead of the revolution and the Great Patriotic war…

Who was the first to bring the great novel "12 Chairs" to the screen? You say "Leonid Gaidai" - and it will be a mistake. In our country, the first director was Alexander Belinsky (Leningrad television, 1966). Filming the favorite books of millions is a difficult task. The audience knows the plot in detail. Winged phrases have long gone to the people. Everyone has their own idea of ​​the main characters. In general, dissatisfied will be sure. So the version of "12 chairs", proposed by Alexander Belinsky, of course, will not suit everyone.

A film anthology featuring three stories: 1) “The Capron Christmas Tree” - Two men and a city dandy, courting a village girl, return home on New Year’s Eve, with the dandy’s nylon Christmas tree gift offending the men. 2) “A Ticket for the Second Showing” - Timofey, an elderly village swindler, regrets his life and prays to Saint Nicholas for a second chance. 3) “The Version” - A rural braggart recounts his city adventure with a restaurant manager, challenging disbelievers to join him on a repeat trip.