Irina Novikova

A classic mystery story based on Arkadi Adamov novels.

The story is about old village residents who, due to the expansion of the collective farm, have to leave their huts and their homes.

Strange things happen in city N. People massively fall into a state similar to a coma. Doctors are at a loss. Investigate the incident entrusted to the best investigator of the city. He, a follower of the materialist position, is faced with inexplicable and mystical events that change not only his worldview, but also his life...

The film, based on the script of the St. Petersburg writer Anatoly Agrafenin, is dedicated to the newspaper journalists of the besieged Leningrad. Overcoming incredible difficulties and trials, journalists and printers managed to ensure the production of newspapers in the besieged city, which were published daily, as before the war. Newspapers brought people information about the situation on the fronts, about how the fighting Leningrad lives, instilled confidence in the imminent victory over the enemy. It is no coincidence that the newspaper word in those days was equated with bread.

The series tells about how police officers, investigating the case of robberies and murders in hotels, managed not only to neutralize, but also to expose major plunderers of socialist property.