The tragic story of a Russian family forced to make life and death decisions during the Stalinist purges.
The dissolute way of life of Mariya Egorova, nicknamed "Magdalene", abruptly ends - her friend, driving her into debt and putting her "on the counter", taking her passport, through a pimp she knows, offers her to work as a prostitute. During the conversation, Mariya breaks the pimp's head, ends up in the police station, from where she escapes. Now bandits and the police are looking for her, and she urgently needs to find money to buy a passport and leave the city with her daughter.
Twelve-year-old Nina's mom returns from a trip and finds out that her daughter is in the hospital. The reason for the girl's state of shock is the loss of her beloved dog. The dog faces many challenges and adventures on the way to his home.
The main character Vorobei is a professional grave digger and alcohol addict, who runs away from hospital to dig graves instead of treating his head broken by his brother. He comes to cemetery and keeps on working, instead of his friends' advice to stay in the hospital. The world of death turns out to be surrounded by corruption, satanic money-making, cemetery mafia and lots of vodka.
Niyole, a Red Army spy is sent behind the enemy lines in order to hunt German general.
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