The modest and indecisive Lebedev in his dreams sees himself as strong and courageous. Mentally, he stands up for an unfairly demoted colleague, but in reality does nothing to help him. Oleg has been following the girl he likes for a whole year and is unable to force himself to get to know her. It is becoming more and more difficult for two Lebedevs to get along in one person ...
The plot is based on the dramatic fate of the Red Army commander Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov. Having been captured in January 1942 and being among the displaced persons, he didn't immediately decide to return to the USSR. Having rolled around the foreign country for 17 years, Aleksei nevertheless returned to his homeland. He goes to his brother in the south of the country to Sevastopol. Aleksei accidentally meets the doctor Anna Andreyevna, who was saved from death in besieged Leningrad. She travels by car from Moscow and also to the south, with her daughter Tanya; she suggests he join them. Aleksei tells about his life on the road.
