Based on the production of the Leningrad Pushkin State Academic Drama Theatre of the play by Alexander Ostrovsky directed by Vladimir Kozhich, Antonin Dawson.
The famous merchant Kuroslepov wastes his life binge drinking. The home is run by his wife Matrona, an overbearing and immoral woman who spends her husband's money, has an affair with the bailiff and strongly oppresses Parasha, Kuroslepov's daughter from his first marriage. Complications arise with the loss of a large sum of money, testing all relationships.
