A journalist, Dima Poluyanov, was invited to play a small role in a film based on his book. Once inside the film world, even Dima—who had seen a lot thanks to his profession—was surprised by the freedom of morals and the boiling passions both on the set and outside it. The famous director Prokopenko spun a romance with the lead actress, Olga Volochkova, but other actresses also came to his “number.” And the colorful actor Nikolai Kryazhin was desperately jealous of Olga, who easily replaced him with a more advantageous partner…
The murder of the director right in the train compartment on which they were returning from a shoot in St. Petersburg became a real shock to the whole group. After all, the murderer was one of them…