The film is set in 1913 Russia during the celebrations of the Tricentennial Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty. Rich Russian merchants are celebrating their wealth by gambling and playing poker. They are traveling aboard the luxurious cruise liner "St. Nikolai" on Volga river, oblivious to the fact that several gangs of crooks and con-artists are stealing their money in the game. Their target is the wealthiest Russian tycoon Satanovsky.
Rusia, 1885. Jane Callaghan (J. Ormond), una joven aventurera americana, llega a Rusia para ayudar a Douglas, un excéntrico ingeniero que necesita el apoyo del Gran Duque para poner en práctica su más querido y ambicioso invento: una máquina diseñada para talar los bosques de Siberia. Durante el viaje, Jane conoce a dos hombres que cambiarán su vida: Andrei Tolstoi (O. Menshikov), un joven cadete que se enamora locamente de ella y que comparte su pasión por la vida y por la música; y el poderoso General Radlov (A. Petrenko), fascinado por su encanto, y que puede llevarla hasta el Gran Duque.
They are neither adults nor kids - somewhere in between, living in their separate boys and girls cozy dorms and doing whatever they love to do - inventors, artists, poets, mechanists, scientists and....just dreamers! These enthusiastic and creative folks enjoy their half-adult, half-childish lifestyles and entertain each other with the different tricks and practical jokes. The main hero stands out of the crowd - while the others try to live the normal life socializing as they can, he can never be rested, always coming up with the different unpredictable and unexpected moves, which always make viewers burst with laugh....
