Strangers on a train. Late in 1916, a brave and idealistic Russian officer in his 20s comes to his superiors’ attention when he stands up to Rasputin at a nightclub….

A dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria, Abkhaz leader Nestor Lakoba, and other high-ranking party officials in the Black Sea…

The protagonist of the film, engineer Barkasov, finds himself in ridiculous and anecdotal situations all day. He is a responsible worker, the head of a large institution and is completely…