The film tells the dramatic life of the singer Pyotr Leshchenko, the legendary performer of romances, tango, Russian and gypsy folk songs.
This TV series tells about his childhood and youth spent in Kishinev, his close relations with the gypsies, the fighting during the First World War, his fiery love, the beginning of his career and the glory days. In the middle of the Second World War, despite the danger, Leshchenko goes on tour to occupied Odessa in a gypsy carriage and by a miracle returns alive. Only to find himself soon in prison...
