The young and talented photographer Maxim Kaverin has a good life: an interesting work, the beautiful wife Olga. Suddenly he receives an order for a series of shots of one of the old houses of the city. The hero goes to take pictures and does not suspect what tragedy is going towards.

After living in the city, Andrei Khodas returns to the land and settles on a farm. However, the rapidly growing city catches up with him here. A couple of young and energetic businessmen intend to buy a picturesque area for new construction and are trying to evict its few inhabitants.

May, 1945... A young pilot Aleksey Kaverin stationed in Germany is going home to Russia for vacation. The problem is he needs to bring a bride. And not only to himself but to four his friends as well.