Two children living in a remote mining town in the distant wastes of Siberia in 1947, survive poverty and hardship through the warmth of their friendship and a shared sense of humour.
Important file is stolen from archives. The thief and the archive clerk are both found dead. Colonel Kornilov comes to conclusion that the crime is a result of the degrading social environment in the rapidly changing Soviet Union.
Long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.