[2][4][5] The film takes place at the end of the 19th century in Tiflis, Georgia, where two matchmakers; Khanuma and Kabato, compete.

[6] The Old Prince Vano Pantiashvili, a drunk, who misses everything possible, is looking for a rich bride to pay debts and buy back the pledged property.

A wealthy Tiflis merchant dreams of giving his daughter, Sona to marry a ruined prince in order to obtain a noble title.

Taking as a basis the classical vaudeville, Tovstonogov reworked it: the text was updated by the popular comediographers Boris Racer and Vladimir Konstantinov.

Immediately became one of the most popular stagings of Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theater, withstood more than 300 performances.