Russia, January 25, 1725. "Give it all...". The emperor's weakening hand was able to write in his will only these two short incomprehensible words that kept Russia in a bloody struggle for the crown for a century.

Adapted from the Andersen tale and played out in musical comedy mode, The Ugly Duckling is set in a farmyard where roosters, hens, ducks and geese live and lay eggs together. One fine day, a rooster discovers a giant egg behind the farmyard kingdom fence, and discreetly slips it into the clutch laid by his partner... Very soon, a cygnet emerges, but as he in no way resembles any of them he is immediately stigmatized by the whole farmyard, enduring humiliations and suspicion on the part of his feathered companions. But in the end he becomes a magnificent white swan.

One day, a married and very well-off Dina's life went upside down: she was kicked out of work, her husband cheated with her secretary. So, out of grief and despair, the heroine found herself first in the bar of one of the entertainment establishments near Moscow, and then in the car of the mysterious philosopher-trucker with Igor's criminal goods...

Grandfather Mazai saves not only hares, but also other famous heroes — Mumu, the Persian princess, Robinson, and even the Titanic.