Filimonov, a former soldier, lost his memory due to shell shock during the Russian Civil War. In 1928, he sees a woman in a passing train and suddenly remembers his own history. He decides to leave for his hometown, now renamed Leningrad. He is confused by the rapid changes in modern Leningrad and gets a job at his old workplace, where he slowly realizes what it means for workers and peasants to be in charge. His co-workers find the new address of his wife and send him there. Filimonov is confronted by the fact that his wife is now married to a Soviet apparatchik who treats her badly. 

DVD-r has Russian intertitles with switchable English and French subtitles. Approx. 108 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!