La película transcurre en Rusia en julio de 1942 durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Las tropas nazis se aproximan a Stalingrado y los rusos están exhaustos y sobrepasados en número. Pero después de una batalla sangrienta, los invasores nazis son detenidos en Stalingrado.
Having saved money for a summer cottage and having chosen a suitable house, the couple of Petrovs decided without hesitation to enter into ownership rights. Right from the savings bank, the wife goes to the garden plot, and the husband has to pay the owners in Moscow. However, a thick bundle of money disappears from his pocket ...