Sergei, always hanging out on business trips, dreams of being on a "desert island" with his beloved Masha. A pandemic that suddenly hit the world gives him this chance by locking his lovers at home in quarantine. “In a cage,” lovers, having gone through five stages of accepting the inevitable, are forced to get to know each other anew and accept themselves and the world around as it is. And everything would be fine if not for the invasion of aliens.
Sergei, always hanging out on business trips, dreams of being on a "desert island" with his beloved Masha. A pandemic that suddenly hit the world gives him this chance by locking his lovers at home in quarantine. “In a cage,” lovers, having gone through five stages of accepting the inevitable, are forced to get to know each other anew and accept themselves and the world around as it is. And everything would be fine if not for the invasion of aliens.
The hunt for imperial gold continues. A priceless scepter, a treasure that could secure a worry-free life in sunny Rio de Janeiro for Ibrahim Bender and his young apprentice Ostap, has slipped from under their noses and ended up in possession of Nestor Makhno, an anarchist army commander. Makhno is convinced that the scepter is one of many imperial relics hidden in the area. With mafia, partisans, and officers of the Red and White armies all determined to get their hands on the fabled gold cache, Ostap and his mentor Ibrahim must surpass their own brilliance to outmaneuver their rivals and snatch the prize. And with Ostap’s beloved fair maiden losing her trust in him, he must do everything in his power to win her back and stop her from marrying another man.
1942년 가을, 그로모프(표트르 페도로프) 대위가 이끄는 소련군 정찰대는 볼가 강을 건너 교두보를 확보, 독일군이 도시를 장악하고 강에 접근하는 것을 막는 작전에 투입된다. 정찰대는 생존한 민간인들이 살고 있는 마을에 들어서고, 볼가 강으로 가는 길목의 건물에 남은 18살의 소녀 카트야를 만난다. 그로모프를 비롯한 대원들은 카트야를 보호하며 끈끈한 동지애를 키워가고, 생존한 병사들이 건물로 찾아들면서 그곳은 소련군의 진지가 되어간다. 독일군 칸(토마스 크레취만) 대위는 도강로를 불태울 요지인 이 문제의 건물을 탈환하고자 작전을 펼치는 한편, 죽은 아내와 닮은 소련 여성 마샤와 사랑에 빠지는데…