Feeling taunted by the success of an inordinately fortunate nobleman, an officer decides to challenge him to a duel.

The love story of the great Roman commander Anthony and the oriental beauty Cleopatra, the tragic suicide of both, is recreated.

The love story of the cotton picker – a mechanic from Tajikistan, Sultan Asoev, and a Russian girl, the noble weaver Svetlana Goncharova.