It’s not for nothing that Rimma Korsakova plays the role of Helen of Troy - she is just as beautiful and regal, the whole performance rests on her. But on the eve of the premiere, something strange happens to Rimma: she is haunted by the ghost of a pioneer who died in the theater building in 1937. Either a tie the color of blood appears among Rimma’s things, then the sounds of “Pioneer Dawn” are heard in the dressing room... Even a passionate romance with Kirill, who recently came to the theater, is about to end - fear overshadows everything! The modest girl Nika, unrequitedly in love with Kirill, tries to help the beauty who is burning in the fire of madness. But why does she need this?..