On his way back to Russia after some years spent in the West, Grigory Mikhailovi
ch Litvinov, the son of a retired official of merchant stock, stops over in Bade
n-Baden to meet his fiancee Tatyana. However, a chance encounter with his old fl
ame, the manipulative Irina - now married to a general and a prominent figure in
aristocratic expatriate circles - unearths feelings buried deep inside the youn
g man's heart, derailing his plans for the future and throwing his life into tur
moil.
