A 1981 documentary film directed by Yuri Ozerov. It showed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. The director was awarded the State Prize of the USSR in 1982. The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
On December 7, 1988, a catastrophic earthquake occurred in Armenia that claimed more than 25 thousand lives. The film tells about the first days after the tragedy.
About the fates of three Soviet people, different in age, profession, and character. 1 — Vladimir Nikolaevich Filimonov — an electrical installer at the Krasnoyarsk Hydroelectric Power Station; 2 — Vladimir Ivanovich Karpov — the foreman of the "Biysky" grain sovkhoz; 3 — Pyotr Kuzmich Anokhin — an academician, physiologist.
