Somewhere in the Urals, where Europe meets Asia at the conventional border, there is a road sign "Europe-Asia". This place was chosen by professional swindlers. Every day they run a "walking marriage" scam. Under the veil of the mother-in-law, groom in a wheelchair, bride in a fur coat and a couple of guests they wheedle money out of travelers as gifts for a newly-married couple and generously treat guests with diluted alcohol. Their victims are policemen and bandits, promoters and political strategists, foreigners and compatriots... And everyone gets individual approach.

Otakar Vávra dedicated his latest film to events accompanying the devastation of the first World War. It takes place in representative centers of power, in the courts of Vienna, Berlin and Moscow. In parallel, it develops the fate of the Czech archivist, who will take part in the Serbian anti-Austrian branch.