Multiply love stories are going around the young family including the newlyweds parnts and even... a grandmother.

Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov, this drama centers around a desire for revenge and the tragedy of a star-crossed love. After a general ruins some men under him in punishment for a rebellion, a friend of the broken men vows revenge. The friend, a naval officer, takes a job as a valet in the general's son's house. While he plots his revenge, the son has an affair with a woman whom the valet begins to love. She is discarded after becoming pregnant, and the valet has his own troubles; he has contracted tuberculosis. Sick and unable to follow through on his plans for vengeance, he leaves for France with the pregnant woman hoping to declare his love and seek a cure for his illness.

为了巩固自己的势力，特级公司爵孟什科夫为十一岁的彼得二世和自己的女儿举行了订婚典礼，并将皇帝控制在自己的宫殿内。因为孟什科夫害怕多尔戈鲁基公爵兄弟对这个小皇帝有不好的影响，特别是害怕聪明美丽的叶丽扎维塔的影响，因为彼得二世非常喜欢她。孟什科夫想做顾命大臣，直到皇帝成年和玛丽娅结婚，然而他突然得了重病，不得已立了遗嘱，向彼得二世和玛丽娅交代了最后几句话…… 彼得二世终于从被人钳制中摆脱出来，大臣伊万·多尔戈鲁基地把他带到了皇族消暑的胜地——彼得夏宫，老奸巨滑的大臣奥奥斯捷尔曼伯爵企图在这里稳住皇帝，再和同党一道彻底推翻病危的孟什科夫的统治。他们唆使彼得二世反对孟什科夫。 然而孟什科夫却奇迹般的康复了，为了庆祝自己的康复，孟什科夫修建了教堂。在教堂落成当天，孟什科夫请来了年轻的皇帝，不料一贯听话的皇帝却给了孟什科夫一记响亮的耳光…… 孟什科夫明白了，在他生病期间政治局势已经发生了剧烈的变化……

孟什科夫企图重新控制彼得二世，但是在阴谋者的策划下这位小皇帝却逃跑了。这是殊死的博斗！因为阴谋者们都非常清楚，盛怒下的孟什科夫有多么的可怕，他曾亲手砍下了叛军的脑袋。他们逼皇帝签署了几份早已准备好了的文件，然后带着皇帝藏了起来…… 这场持续了几年的阴谋以强大的当权者孟什科夫等人被流放而告终。 在白雪皑皑的大路上，满头白发的孟什科夫甩掉了身上华贵的衣裳，还回了皇家勋章和女儿的定婚戒指。在他的身后，子女们乘坐的马车在慢慢的走着，其中也有被后人称之为“破产的新娘”的玛丽娅…… 两年来，孟什科夫在别廖佐夫只做一件事，就是祈祷，请求上帝的原谅，忏悔自己的罪过。临终前，孟科夫对子女们说：“学会去死，别为尘世间的空虚悲哀……”

In a remote village in Karelia, Sergeant Vaskov commands an anti-aircraft unit that protects a rail depot. While his men are transferred to the front line, he is reprimanded for their unruly behavior. He retorts that he wants replacements that aren't drunks or womanizers. In response, he is assigned a unit made up entirely of young women, fresh from training.