In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from the trading post, he…

Shortly before the outbreak of WWI, a peasant from rural Russia arrives in St. Petersburg to find work.

A Soviet woman is caught between her husband and son, who find themselves on opposing sides of the Russian Revolution.

A young Soviet woman struggles to cope in a society obsessed with chess.