One day Pavel, a young man wounded in the war, suddenly shows up at the home of a Moscow scientist name Krymov and claims to be his illegitimate son. Krymov denies this, but out of compassion he helps arrange a necessary operation for Pavel. Then certain things begin happening which suggest to Krymov that he may have a psychologically unstable fellow on his hands.

After witnessing a car accident, Victor falls into a deep depression. To get out of it, he finds the daughter of the driver who died in the incident - Lenochka. They immediately develop sympathy for each other. But the place next to Lenochka is occupied - a friend and peer of the deceased father supports the girl in grief, becoming the closest person to her. Viktor gently steps aside. At home - a seriously ill mother, the father left them, unable to cope with the burden of guilt. Victor takes care of his mother on his shoulders. And about a completely alien person to him - a nurse. But Lenochka, not wanting it herself, cannot forget Victor. She is looking for a date.

After living in the city, Andrei Khodas returns to the land and settles on a farm. However, the rapidly growing city catches up with him here. A couple of young and energetic businessmen intend to buy a picturesque area for new construction and are trying to evict its few inhabitants.

Anya has a great joy — she wins the beauty contest. It would seem that a great reason for happiness, but there is bad news: taking advantage of the circumstances, Rita's friend decides to get the groom Ani Andrew. Rita's plan is only partially fulfilled, but it is enough for Anya and Andrei to part. Anya went to Moscow, Andrew accepts a job offer and should also be in the capital. And at a time when it seems that each of them has found a new soul mate, fate pushes them together again.

A story about a relations between two friends who compete both in life and on the fencing track.

In the early days of World War II, two Jewish brothers lost their parents during the Nazi invasion of Belarus. The boys were imprisoned in a German hospital and found many of their peers there. They were kept in inhuman conditions - hunger, cold, lack of sleep and rest. The only thing the boys had, their treasure - was a family portrait with mom and dad. Before the fascists separated brothers, each of them got half of it.