The film was shot about one of the most dramatic operations of the Alpha group. The plot is based on a real story, described in detail in one of the chapters of Alexey Filatov’s book “People A”. The story of Colonel Anatoly Savelyev. 1997. Winter. Moscow. Swedish Embassy. One terrorist and one hostage. This is not a movie about good or bad guys. Rather, this is a story about a hard fatum.
August 6, 1915. After several unsuccessful attempts to assault the positions of the Russian army, the command of the German troops is decided on a new one. On the eve of the attack on the position of the Germans deliver cylinders with chlorine. Lieutenant Kotlinsky accidentally learns about the upcoming use of chemical weapons, but he does not have the time and opportunity to protect his people. All that remains for him is to set up a company to fight to the last.
Managing position at Nastenka Cleaning Service, whose employees are migrant girls from Asia, comes at the Muscovite Kirillov out of the blue. The situation is complicated by the fact that Kirillov is planning to leave for Norway and expecting his bride, a typical European with a rather rigid interpretation of freedom and tolerance, to come visit. The idea that she will learn about the exploitation of "women of the East" terrifies him and makes him prevaricate in order to hide his "harem"...