Five-episode adaptation of the eponymous Russian novel, directed by Pyotr Chardynin et al.

A great stage performer falls ill and loses her voice and beauty, and she and her admirer's lives crumble because of it.

A psychological drama about love and self-sacrifice. Luli Beck, a café singer, has moments of epiphany when, looking around, she clearly realizes the banality and aimlessness of her existence. In one of these moments she meets Witold, a pure and innocent young man. And when a spark of light mutual feeling flares up between them, it turns out that Witold has a fiancée who loves him fervently.