Aleksandr Karpov

Civil War. Southern steppes of Russia. Circumstances bring together various people: the Chekist, professor, actor, nurse and White Guard officer posing as a vet. On two tachanka's they make their way into the city.

A journalism student Kostika is travelling, by river steamer, to the place of his internship in the village of Lower Lazureny, but by mistake he goes ashore at Upper Lazureny. While Kostika is trying to get out of the village and get to his destination, wonderful adventures happen.

Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of people broken by the First World War, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War in Russia (1917-1922), about the collapse of the foundations and ideals of the Don Cossacks of Russia at the beginning of the XX century, about the personal tragedy of the protagonist — Grigoriy Melekhov.

Thomas Gordéiev est le fils d’un riche bourgeois tsariste. Il jouit de tous les privilèges de sa condition mais supporte mal le spectacle de la misère sociale. Il tombe amoureux d’une femme mariée, rompt avec elle lorsqu’il découvre sa frivolité et se livre à la débauche. À la mort de son père, il prend la direction d’un important commerce de grains. Mais il ne s’occupe pas de ses affaires. Il ne s’intéresse qu’aux relations humaines. Son milieu, qui méprise les non-conformistes, le rejette. Il choisit de rompre avec ses pairs pour vivre avec les déshérités.

Co-owners of the advertising agency "Major" Robert and Marina live in anticipation of a major deal with the Japanese businessman Sasaki. This contract, like many others, is solely due to Marina, who is forced to work for two, while her colleague Robert, an advertising genius and an incredibly successful businessman, plunged headlong into the pool of parties and love adventures.