October 1941. German forces have penetrated deep into Russia and are laying waste to everything they see. The Soviet high command takes every chance they get to secure the rear and take anything of historic importance out of harm's way.

While people's artist of the USSR Sergey Cherkassky "fights" with the role of king Lear, trying to understand the psychology and actions of Shakespeare's character, his own large family presents him with one riddle after another. His daughter Elena, who broke off her unsuccessful marriage, falls in love with rock musician Dean Makarov. The grandfather does not know that the son of his late daughter - in-law Sonia is gay, who is madly in love with the same Dean. All Sonya's daughter, Lala, "twists" the love with a student Vakhtangov school, the future actor Misha, but dreams of a luxurious life abroad. Son of Sergei Andreevich, father of Vitya and Lyali - Andrey - General, Hero of Russia, serving in Chechnya.

Every day, they steal your strength, your emotions, your love. We call them the Shadow. Work like us - to deliver them back to the Dark World. Impending disaster, and humanity can be at the mercy of darkness ... And only we can keep the balance

2007 film by Valery Todorovsky

television series

The series is set in 1961. Cameraman Viktor Khrustalyov is in a difficult situation; he is suspected of being involved in the death of his friend, talented screenwriter Kostya Parshin, who committed suicide during a drinking-bout. The authorities try to put Khrustalyov in prison by any means. Viktor needs to shoot the comedy "The Girl and the Brigadier" in order to get permission to make the film "Shards" after the wonderful scenario left from his deceased screenwriter friend. Young director Yegor Myachin wants to adаpt this screenplay. Khrustalyov arranges him as a trainee to the venerable director Krivitsky for a comedy. In the same film act Khrustalev's ex-wife Inga and his young sweetheart Maryana, with whom Yegor Myachin is also in love.

television series

This is a story of a family during the true dramatic events of the 70s in the Soviet Odessa. The city is on quarantine because of a cholera epidemic. The story depicts three generations of the Davydov family. Each has its own secrets, old wounds and unsaid words. The mortal danger makes them show their real nature and do things they wouldn't do in a normal situation.
The protagonist Boris is preparing to go on a long-term business trip to Germany, but he falls in love with a young girl living nearby and experiences feelings that he has never had in his life; the patriarch of the family goes to the KGB and tells on his younger daughter as she is going to leave the Soviet Union and immigrate to Israel with her husband; the middle daughter tries to support her failure husband and is ready to change her real surname to the “correct” one... Only little Valerka likes everything in the city and doesn’t want to go to Moscow.