1911, A graduate of the Institute of Noble Maidens, Sasha Meshcherskaya returns to a small provincial town. The well-being of her family is based on her relationship with her loving uncle, the owner of the arms factory Nikolai Shumilov. Sashenka's parents: Prince Ivan Sergeevich Meshchersky and Maria Ilyinichna dream of their daughter's early marriage, and she herself dreams of a brilliant career as an architect. Wanting to please her parents, Sasha makes new acquaintances and instantly plunges into a whirlpool of intrigue, where political interests are at stake above personal passions. Cold-blooded murders and blackmail, intricacies of conspiracies, daring provocateurs eluding detection - all this captivates the enthusiastic schoolgirl, who experiences mortal melancholy from the paucity of life prospects. Without noticing it, Sasha becomes an ideal target for terrorist hypnosis.
as Sasha Meshcherskaya
as Arkady
as Porfiry Obukhov
as Irina
as Varya
as Nikolay Shumilov
as Kirill Nevelsky
as Maria Ilyinichna
as Kate
as housemaid Ksenia
as Ivan Sergeevich Meshchersky
as Assistant governor
as governor Nevelsky
as Photographer
as Flower girl
as Woman washing a child
as Kolenka
as Nevelsky's friend
as Gavrilych
as Prisoner
as Criminal
as Danilych
as Factory worker
as Gendarme
as Gravedigger
as Police officer
as Police officer
as Prokhor Sitnikov
as Spectator in the courtroom
as Urban intellectual
as Boris Ruzhitsky
