خلاصه داستان : شخصیت اصلی فیلم "فیدور پروستف" همیشه از اینکه همسرش "لیزا" بین او و "ویکتور کارنین" انتخاب نمی کند آزار می بیند. او می خواهد دست به خودکشی بزند اما جراتش را ندارد. او که از زندگی خود فراری است با یک خواننده کولی آشنا شده و...

The central character of the play, Fedor Protasov, is tormented by the belief that his wife Liza has never really chosen between him and the more conventional Victor Karenin, a rival for her hand. He wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the nerve. Running away from his life, he first falls in with Gypsies, and into a sexual relationship with a Gypsy singer, Masha.