1945. The International Military Tribunal begins its work in Nuremberg. A huge number of people from all over the world come to the trial, which will later be called the Trial of the Century: the city is crowded with journalists, lawyers, translators, witnesses and many participants and employees of the process.
Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alyosha. Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alyosha disappears.
A young submarine officer Andrei Korsakov loses his name, his fiancée, his freedom and survives by accident because of the treachery of his friends and a corrupt military prosecutor… Many years later he returns to his hometown – the city of his defeats – under a false name. Andrei makes a harsh plan of revenge on everyone responsible for the crash of his life. The former friends have no idea that their happy, carefree lives will come to an end soon, and they will have to pay the bills.
