Based on the novel of A. Vainer and G. Vainer "The era of Charity". 1945 Moscow is disturbed by the rumors about the impudent robberies and murders. The most popular TV hit of Stanislav Govorukhin. Ambushes, pursuits, fire exchanges…
After WWII is over, a young officer Volodya Sharapov returns to Moscow to work in MUR (Moscow Criminal Investigation Department). There he meet Gleb Zheglov who is a chief of a squad which fights organized crime. Their main task is to track down a gang "Black Cat" which terrorizes the city.
Sharapov becomes a secret agent to spy on this criminal group from the inside.
A constellation of the perfect actors has reconstructed trustworthy the atmosphere of the recent postwar Moscow.