Главный герой картины – молодой прожигатель жизни Павел Макаров. Проснувшись после очередной вечеринки, он обнаруживает рядом с собой незнакомую девушку, которая всерьез предлагает жениться на ней, но получает отказ. Дочь местного авторитета, она не привыкла слышать слово «нет». И теперь Макарову грозят серьезные неприятности: ему приходится срочно покинуть родной город. Тогда он соглашается на то, от чего давно отказывался, – служить в армии по контракту...
A young captain demobilized from the army, in search of a better life, comes to Moscow. All attempts to earn money honestly for housing and food end in failure. In addition, he owes a large sum to his comrade in the military school, who has long abandoned the army and is successfully dancing striptease in one of the capital's clubs. To pay back the debt, the hero agrees to work in a striptease and from that moment becomes a professional gigolo.
A young artist gets into a scuffle with bikers after dabbling in graffiti on the subway. This altercation costs him a trip to Italy, and he is sent to rural Russia instead. However, his journey takes an unexpected turn.
Adaptado do romance de Vladimir Kunin (escrito em 2004), situa-se em 1943 e conta a história de Polkovnik Vishnevskiy, que recebe uma ordem do governo russo para treinar um grupo de soldados responsáveis pela detenção de um grupo pertencente ao exército alemão, chamado "Eidelveis". A missão é secreta e Vishnevskiy recruta e treina jovens entre 14 e 15 anos. Todos sabem que uma vez que a missão esteja completa será o fim para todos, porque eles sabem muito para permanecerem vivos. Segundo o filme, escola preparatória operava nas montanhas de Alatau, uma região adjacente à Alma-Ata, antiga capital do Cazaquistão, e estava sob as ordens da polícia política russa que existia antes da KGB, conhecida como NKVD.
The film is based on the true story of Captain Marinesku and set in 1944 during WWII at the Russian Navy Base. Young and beautiful Tanka is in love with Aleksandr Marinin, the brave Captain of the Russian submarine. He is under the KGB surveillance, and his life is at risk. He takes his boat to fight the Nazi fleet, and he cannot come back home without a victory.
