Yekaterina Migitsko

Based on the novel The Gambler by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky.

The court jester Ivan Balakirev is not afraid to speak out to the fearsome monarch about things that others remain silent about. Becoming involved in the festivities and jests encouraged by the ruler, he inadvertently gets entangled in court intrigues and the complex relationships within the family of Peter the Great.

The story of the relationship between King Henry VIII of England and Anne Boleyn.

The film tells about the misadventures of an ordinary person who happened to have a suitcase with a lot of money... It turns out that it is not at all easy to find a worthy use for such money, and in the final it turns out a simple truth — “happiness is not in money ...”