As a result of an unsuccessful experiment conducted in the laboratory of a chemical institute, a young woman gets a severe burn on her face.

The court jester Ivan Balakirev is not afraid to speak out to the fearsome monarch about things that others remain silent about. Becoming involved in the festivities and jests encouraged by the ruler, he inadvertently gets entangled in court intrigues and the complex relationships within the family of Peter the Great.

Based on the comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais. Television version of the performance by the Moscow Theatre "Lenkom".

A talented neurosurgeon, who lost his family in a plane crash, receives a worrying diagnosis. The time of the life-saving procedure coincides with an emergency operation, and the hero has a choice to make: rescue a patient or save his own life...