Katya, a young librarian, believes in love, but her ideals are crushed by reality. After a string of disappointing affairs, Katya finally finds tenderness and understanding in the arms of her colleague, a journalist called Tanya. But then the First Department interferes: the state security services see this relationship as unacceptable for a Soviet woman.

• Phenomen Films
• Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions (DE)
• Alexey Trifonov
• Ekaterina Yuspina
• Tatiana Polozhy
• Alexander Efimov
• Teodor Currentzis
• Radmila Shegoleva