Nadezhda Karpechenko

An almanac of short feature films based on stories by Mikhail Mishin from the collection of short stories "Pause in a Major".

A ship captain's senior mate exposed criminal activities, leading to his car crash and criminal investigation.

About the peaceful everyday life of one of the tank regiments of the Soviet Army on the northern borders of the country, where graduates of the tank school, Lieutenant Sorokin and his comrades, serve. The acute conflict situation among the officers of the tank regiment reveals people who understand their duty as defenders of the Fatherland in different ways.

At 20, Tonya gave birth to a daughter — alone, without a husband. At 30 — personal happiness became an unattainable dream. She devoted herself to her beloved daughter. But at the age of 40, life seemed to make a circle and return to its starting point. There is nothing left to lose — which means you can take a chance, start all over again. Mom is married for the first time, and it’s hard for a selfish daughter to put up with this...

The story of Kolya Fedotov, a student at the very same vocational school where Ksenia, Sarantsev, and Semyon Zolotov—who have rented a wooden cottage on Sirenevaya Street for the summer—work as instructors. Due to a conflict with his father, the boy leaves his family home. The ability to understand him and truly help him defines the moral character of each of the film’s characters—and, above all, that of Nadezhda Kazimirovna, the owner of the old house.