Three bachelors live in one apartment. Eugene, a novice writer, his father Konstantin Alekseevich and uncle Grisha. The elders are incredibly preoccupied with the future of the young writer - the latter lives in his imaginary world and is very poorly prepared for the "real" life.

Famous lake in Carpathian mountains -- lake Synevir -- is known for its rich history throughout the hundreds of years as a place of mystical unexplained events. There is a group of students who decided to spend a weekend at the lake. They did not believe in those stories about lake Synevir and the strange creatures around it. Too bad for them....

October 1941. German forces have penetrated deep into Russia and are laying waste to everything they see. The Soviet high command takes every chance they get to secure the rear and take anything of historic importance out of harm's way.

Dina, a former figure skating star, works as a coach in a boarding school for problematic children when she meets Lada - a new and very talented girl.