The literary script of the film is based on the libretto of Yaroslav Barnich's operetta of the same name.

1938. In the Carpathian village of Vorokhta, home to the most beautiful hutsulka named Xenia, former villagers arrive and nowadays are American immigrants in order to find a bride for young Yaro. He will receive his millionth inheritance, provided he marries a conscious Ukrainian. Western Ukraine has two weeks to annex ...

About a trip to the Pacific Ocean that lasted a year. Among the 20 participants the initiator of the expedition - Ukrainian director Leonid Kanter with his wife Diana and daughter Magdalena.

The film not only tells about Indians in the Caribbean islands, bandit Latin American metropolises, street performances on the markets and decks of ships, the turmoil between travelers, the scenery of the Amazon and Patagonia, but also about Leonid Kanter himself - his "dream country", his "dream country", death. In total, carrying the stools, the characters of the film traveled over 60,000 km and visited 50 countries.

The film uses a farewell video by Leonid Kanter, which he shot before he died.

The film takes place at the beginning of the First World War in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which at that time was part of Ukraine.

On the outskirts of the Russian Empire, a doctor gives a lethal dose of ether to a young woman who wants to seduce her. On suspicion of attempted murder and rape, he is threatened with death, or an exile to Siberia and, at the last moment, the doctor manages to escape. He escapes and finds work in the Austro-Hungarian fortress, where he continues his experiments with the ether, the purpose of which is not only the relief of pain, but also the manipulation of human behavior. Openly proclaiming his atheistic views, the doctor often speaks of the superiority and key role of science. Researching the ether for him is above all: he conducts experiments with his assistant Taras, and after a meeting with the commandant of the fortress begins illegal espionage activities to finance further work. After discovering such activity of the doctor, he tries to commit suicide with the help of ether, but it fails. After all, he was handed a death sentence.

January 1918. Bolshevik detachments are rapidly approaching Kiev, seeking to establish Soviet power on Ukrainian lands. The city is filled with Trotsky's agents, there is agitation of the proletarians. Mykhailo Hrushevsky publishes IV Universal – on protection of Ukraine. In the defense of the homeland, all combat-capable UNR troops are becoming. The Kruty Railway Station, through which the Bolsheviks must pass through the capital, will be protected by 400 young men, students and cadets. Among the defenders are Andrew and Alexei Savitsky, sons of the general.

The film is based on real events.