A comedy that takes place during the Great Patriotic War. Yesterday, the chef of the famous restaurant "Metropol" Lomov treated his specialty "Rabbit, fried in Berlin" German military attaché in the USSR. And today, having received a funeral for his son, Lomov goes to the front. Although the protagonist serves as a cook in the regimental kitchen, he sometimes finds himself in the midst of fighting. And, even shortly before the war, Lomov finds love at the front - Nurse Nina ...