Masha is in love with Igor, her college mate, and wants to marry him, but he does not seem in much of a hurry to lead the girl to the altar. In a moment of sudden desperation, Masha decides to try and spur on her dawdling fiancé by applying to the local registry office for a civil marriage with the first man she chances to meet. The thwarted Igor soon realises his mistake and tries to win Masha back, but it seems to be too late. In the meantime, Masha did not expect that her new relationship that began as a joke will soon develop into true love. Fortune, however, smiles on Igor when his loathed rival suddenly disappears right before the wedding. Now it seems that nothing can stand in the way of Igor starting a new life with Masha after all. This could have been the end of the story, if it were not for a chance photograph taken by a guest at their wedding. After a few years that unfortunate picture will turn the heroes' lives upside down.

A Picture to Remember

Moscow, 1902. The famous director Konstantin Stanislavsky, in search of inspiration for staging a new play, decides to get acquainted with the life of the city "bottom". He turns to Vladimir Gilyarovsky, a recognized expert on the Moscow slums, for help. Together they go to the legendary bandit Khitrovka and find themselves embroiled in the investigation of the murder of a mysterious local resident - an Indian Sikh with a dark past.

Khitrovka. The Sign of Four

A former white officer, and now an employee of the NKVD, martial arts master Viktor Spiridonov meets the disgraced Soviet intelligence agent Vasily Oshchepkov, who studied judo in Japan for a long time. They quickly find a common language, because both are obsessed with the idea of creating a national art of self-defense. But the joint work soon turns into an irreconcilable confrontation. Intrigues, betrayal, emotions will predetermine the tragic fate of the two great creators of sambo.