Lyubov Matyushina

Life changes for a Moscow worker when he's made Stalin's personal film projectionist but cannot tell his bride.

Adapted from the Andersen tale and played out in musical comedy mode, The Ugly Duckling is set in a farmyard where roosters, hens, ducks and geese live and lay eggs together. One fine day, a rooster discovers a giant egg behind the farmyard kingdom fence, and discreetly slips it into the clutch laid by his partner... Very soon, a cygnet emerges, but as he in no way resembles any of them he is immediately stigmatized by the whole farmyard, enduring humiliations and suspicion on the part of his feathered companions. But in the end he becomes a magnificent white swan.

1947 ... The Savchenko family returns to Moscow from evacuation - husband and wife with Kostya's little son. They settle with Grandma Kostya in a huge communal apartment. Street meets the boy with a flock of local boys. Then there were: the division of the territory with the "Sretensky"; trophy movie “Girl of my dreams”; a school with separate education, camp discipline and essays about the border guard Karatsyup. And the monetary reform of 1947, when all of their savings depreciated in an instant, and the boys let out boats from banknotes in puddles.

The action takes place in pre-revolutionary Russia, during the period when persecution of Jews began. Tevye's already difficult life is further complicated by a series of events that test his faith. Will he be able to withstand all of these difficult blows? It is difficult to say how much a person can endure, but it becomes clear that faith helps a person not to break down in the most difficult moments of life.