Two people: Igor, an ex-athlete living aimlessly and chasing rubles to get drunk and Vera, a dowdy librarian, try to find their luck by planning to fall in love with each other based on "psychological conditioning".
Jack Vosmyorkin, young American with Russian origins decides to return to Russia in order to watch October Revolution in action.
The film is dedicated to the first builders of the Leningrad metro, who began their work before the war, survived the blockade and in 1955 delivered the first stage to the city.
