The protagonist finds out that some children were left behind in a sinking school, and is slowly driven mad as he tries to save them. A parable on the theme of the Last Judgment, numerous catastrophic events reveal a certain ambiguity in their origins, accompanied by the terrible suspicion that the things going on are some kind of a performance or theatrical production.

In an Eastern European country, a strong political struggle breaks out over the possibility of accepting aid from the Marshall Plan or signing a cooperation treaty with the Soviet Union.

A sad story about a little Japanese girl fighting heavy decease in a Russian summer camp on the Black Sea coast.

A drama about a high school conflict based on the novel by Liya Geraskina.

Far up north, in one of the nature reserves, a group of kids finds a moose calf whose mother has been mauled by a bear, and they help little Ryzhik survive. Time goes by. The leader of the moose herd is killed by a poacher, and Ryzhik takes his place. About the grandeur and beauty of nature, and the difficult and selfless work of the nature reserve staff.