The king of Russian chanson Vladimir Tverskoy was killed by unknown assailants in his own dressing room. A few days after the funeral, a man with an obvious criminal appearance approaches the artist’s widow Anna and presents documents according to which Vladimir owes some “serious people” no less than forty million dollars. The bandit strongly recommends paying the money as quickly as possible and warns that if Anna decides to be stubborn, her relatives will suffer first. The situation seems hopeless, and the artist’s widow is close to despair. But suddenly a mysterious stranger appears. He introduces himself as a friend of Vladimir Tverskoy and takes upon himself the solution to all problems...