[1] The plot of the film is based on real historical events in the Taganka Theater, when its leader Yuri Lyubimov left the USSR (1984), and made a number of anti-Party statements, after which he was removed from the management of the theater and deprived of citizenship.
A functionary is sent to the theater from the Ministry – Yuri Mikhailovich, who is to restore order in the rebellious cultural institution.
At first, Larisa Udovichenko refused to play the scene where she undresses totally nude in front of the official, played by director Leonid Filatov himself, and in the episode of seduction she starred partially dressed (photos were left from the filming).
But then, as Larisa Udovichenko recalled, "Leonid came to me with his wife Nina Shatskaya and on his knees begged me to be naked.
But all the same, I felt bad after that, I was ashamed in front of my parents, daughter, close friends", Udovichenko said.