The play, timed to the Victory Day, turned out to be cheerful and optimistic: the war comes suddenly, and the carefree pre-war songs are replaced by heavy military men, but they also feel the belief that the war will pass and again peace time will come.

Life in the Leningrad yard-well boils: young people fall in love, and older people, such as local dressmaker and confectioner, know what love is. And is it not love that explains the desire of the local grandmother to steadfastly watch over her husband, so that he does not drink too much?

In general, neighbors live peacefully and amicably, life passes with songs and dances, with laughter. Everything will change overnight, when news of the beginning of the war will be broadcast on the radio ...