Ilya lives in Moscow; Nina lives in St. Petersburg. Ilya has a beautiful wife and a daughter; Nina's husband is an artist, and they have a young son. Nina occasionally travels to Moscow to see her partners in the publishing industry. Ilya sometimes comes to St. Petersburg on business. But more often they are in the train between St. Petersburg and Moscow just to see each other. Because they have an affair.

A military academy graduate, Andrei Kartashov, receives an assignment to serve in his hometown. However, the hero is not happy about it and asks the higher authorities to send him to the Far East instead...

Old, rich Jew Mendel Krik falls in love with the beautiful Marusya. But their sons Levka and Bena don't share their dreams... Revolution has come.

While investigating a murder the police captain discovers a relation with the events of a medieval times...

Egor Polushkin (Stanislav Lyubshin) is a kind-hearted, nature loving, artistic family man who is living in a small village. To his neighbors and even his wife (Nina Ruslanova) he is a walking disaster, so they frown at him and call him Bedonosec (engl. misfortune bearer). Only Egors son (Viktor Anisimov) shares his enthusiasm for the beautiful things of live. As Egor becomes the new forest ranger, this new position brings him not only joy, but it is also the source of great suffering to come, as his fondness for the living nature and especially the newly acquired white swans is in conflict with the interests of others...

A not-so-young man who likes women tries to organize a girl to his son.

In Moscow, the trams have been privatized. “Annushka” is making its final run. The tram driver, Liza, is nervous — her son might be drafted into the army. Boris, a veteran, tries to calm her down. He enjoys riding the tram, striking up candid conversations with strangers.

The Thief of Bagdad is as bright as an Eastern robe and as sweet as tahini halva. It soars in dance, immerses itself in music, and dies from laughter. At the time, when work on the play began, no one could have guessed that this charming, captivating trifle, based on a famous Eastern story, would play a significant role in the life of the theatre and its actors.