Valiry Pushkarev

Sergey's girlfriend desperately wants him to quit dangerous police job. But Sergey doesn't want to abandon his new case which proves to be quite difficult.

Two friends are army officers, and the turbulent times throw them from the Civil War in the early 20s to the Soviet conflict in Finland, from China to the Urals.

The play based on the play of the same name by T. Williams at the Moscow Academic Art Theater.

Based on the eponymous short story by A.P. Chekhov.

Early 20th century. Two village boys, brothers Semyon and Pavel, work as servants for a Moscow merchant. They face harsh exploitation and hard labor. The brothers' paths diverge. Unable to endure the merchant's abuse, Pavel leaves for a factory, becomes a worker, and later a revolutionary. Semyon remains in service. In the post-revolutionary period, Semyon, having served at the front and returned to the village, joins the kulaks and brutally cracks down on representatives of the Soviet government, becoming the leader of a gang of "badgers" hiding in the forests. A Red Army detachment led by Pavel is sent to fight the bandits.

A mysterious castle has stood on the island for 300 years, about which there are many legends and rumors. In reality, the castle is home to a boarding school, but local residents are sure that the ghost of the Green Hunter lives there. The boys also think they hear footsteps at night. And they were not mistaken - their search for adventure leads them to the sinister secrets of people who collaborated with the Nazis during the war.