The Crime of Sylvester Bonnard

Directed by Galina Samoylova

With Rostislav Plyatt, Lidiya Sukharevskaya, Elvira Brunovskaya, Valeriy Nosik and Boris Ivanov

The action takes place in Paris in the 1860s and 1880s. The main character is an old scribe, obsessed with a noble passion for ancient manuscripts. One day, he helped a poor woman who lived next door by sending her a cup of broth and a log for the fireplace. Bonar soon forgot about his deed. Eight years later, he received an old manuscript as a gift, which he had long dreamed of, and was surprised to learn that the giver was the woman he had helped in a difficult moment.