The fairy tale film in a modern style tells about nine-year-old Shurochka and her sister Katya, who spend their holidays at their grandmother's dacha. An elf, the prince of a magical kingdom, is in love with Shurochka. Another character, Igor, the son of wealthy parents, dishonestly takes possession of a magic sword, as a result of which the inhabitants of the dacha are in serious trouble, and the life of the magic kingdom is in jeopardy. A film in which footage of live actors is skillfully combined with stop-motion puppet animation.

第一次世界大战前夕，俄国工人运动风起云涌。60多岁的女人瓦萨精明能干，丈夫日列兹诺夫是个大船主，拥有百万家私。由于多次强奸幼女．日列兹诺夫被法院起诉。瓦萨在行贿无助的情况下，为了家庭名誉和儿女前途，强迫老头子服毒自杀。由于内部矛盾、争权夺利以及荒淫的生活不可挽回地造成了家业的败落。瓦萨的儿媳拉舍尔是个革命者，她为接走儿子秘密回到瓦萨家中。儿媳的到来加深了这个家庭的危机。瓦萨暴病死亡，财产被子孙瓜分...

A dying woman’s wish sends her son on a train journey from the steppes of Uzbekistan to the Russian hinterland in search of his father’s grave. Just as the traveler’s home city of Samarkand is situated on the border between East and West, Khamraev balances his film on the edge of two cultures, evoking the soul of Russia and the crumbling beauty of what was once the Silk Road.

1991 film by Rustam Khamdamov