The film is about the theatre in the early 1980s, and its history includes excerpts from performances, stories about the founders of the theater and its famous actors: Martyniv, Karatygin, Samoilov dynasty, Savina, Cherkasov, Simon. Into the picture entered comments artistic Director of the theatre I. O. Gorbachev, rehearsals and backstage life of the theatre, portraits of artists Bruno Freindlikh, Nina Urgant and others.