It is 1920. After three years of the Russian Civil War, communist government is finally established in Odessa. Young Alyosha Patrikeyv, who dreams of being a detective like Sherlock Holmes,…

Hans Christian Andersen’s The Emperor’s Nightingale and The Emperor’s New Clothes are integrated in this marvelous Russian adaptation by fairytale master Nadezhda Kosheverova.

He considered his family life perfect. Normal, and sometimes big wages quite satisfied a beautiful and gentle wife. The child didn’t cause much trouble. All that was needed for his…