Boris Ivanov

TV version of the performance by the Mossovet Theatre, based on the play by Neil Simon.

Follows the present and past, and in a surreal environment where the motifs of Kazakov’s stories intersect. The hero can easily meet with Stalin or drink vodka with a homeless person in the basement.

A young man arrives in a village to visit his uncle, a retired colonel, and finds the local community "enslaved" by a man who, according to him, "will remain in history." The situation develops into a tragicomedy and takes on elements of phantasmagoria.

A young governess arrives from Moscow to an ancient Russian city. She is invited to the house of one of the richest people in Russia to raise his daughter. While still on the train, the girl falls in love with engineer Alarin. And now the owner of the house has a passionate feeling for her.

A middle-aged magician Pyotr Tarasov vegetates in the circus, receiving a meager salary. But he is a magician, he has a professional family secret: he can take out of a hat not only birds and rabbits, but also any amount of food. To use his opportunities, on the advice of friends, he opens a restaurant. Can a poor sorcerer become a prosperous businessman?

After the theft from the monastery of a priceless relic, the shroud of Alexander Nevsky, the thief-recidivist Vasily, nicknamed Pegiy in a dream from the past, is the Grand King himself. Far from sin, he decides to return the relic to the monastery, not suspecting that he had already signed the death sentence ...

After the death of her beloved husband, a talented and popular actress lost her job, faith in people and life. After going through a series of serious trials, she finds new love.

At the contest "Moscow Beauties", journalist Sergey Kayumov meets the main contender - Masha Malinina. Her life is not much different from the life of her rivals. Without much thought, Masha uses a chance that promises to change her fate - and becomes a victim of a mafia group...

A murderer is using every possible trick in his efforts to escape from justice. He is extremely crafty in his ways of infiltrating the government. He becomes a politician with growing status and influence and an official immunity from prosecution.

The funeral of the next General Secretary K.U. Chernenko. Sergey Eremin, an editorial worker, decides to finally publish the story of his friend, whom he once betrayed. But the manuscript has disappeared, and Sergei decides to have a frank conversation with the author.