Vasili Merkuryev

Veronika plans a rendezvous with her lover Boris at the bank of the river, only for him to be drafted into World War II shortly thereafter.

Lavretsky returns to his estate after stay in Paris.Frustrated with life,in his wife's unfair, he falls in love with Lisa. Suddenly the arriving of Fëdors woman which before has been reported the death, completes the simple love.

An academician spends his vacation not at a resort, but in a remote village. However, he did not manage to practice painting as he planned. He got involved in the villagers' life.