On the way from famine-stricken Moscow to the countryside, little Anyuta becomes separated from her mother at one of the railway stations. Ending up at the farmstead of a Belarusian kulak, the girl becomes an unwitting participant in the class struggle in the village.

A young painter Sasha is dreaming to become an actress...

Aspiring engineer got his room in communal apartment in a new house. At first his neighbors aren afraid that young and single guy will bring endless parties with him. But the more time goes on the more he seems to be a decent man.

How did Ivan Ivanovich quarrel with Ivan Nikiforovich? Ivan Ivanovich went to his bosom friend Ivan Nikiforovich, wishing to beg for the gun he liked. Yes, it didn’t work out. And in the heat of the argument, take Ivan Nikiforovich and call Ivan Ivanovich a gander. And take it and be angry. And what happened next ... Oh, what happened!

Claudia Ivanovna is concerned about her daughter's future and the development of her career as a scientist. In accordance with her own ideas of happiness, she is trying to build a girl's personal life, unceremoniously destroying her relationship with her driver Sasha.

Famous weightlifter Nikolai Basargin is striving to overcome a streak of failures and to end his sports career by setting a new record. The coach does not believe in Basargin's abilities and is trying to replace him on the national team with a young athlete...

Based on the novel of Mikhail Alekseyev "Bread — as a Noun." About the fate of a Russian woman who endured all the hardships of war and post-war life. After the war, those few who survived at the front returned to their native village. But Marfa's husband, whom she had been waiting for for so many years, would never return. Marfa, a beautiful and proud woman, remains true to her only love...