Everything happens in the 20s of the 20th century in a six-room apartment Zoya Pelts, a thirty-five-year-old widow. Snei in the apartment lives a young maid Maynushka, which Zoya gives out for her niece, so that her apartment is not “condensed.” In the window of the May evening, Zoya dresses in front of the mirror. Here rushes in. Manyushkai says that Hallelujah has come. Zoya hides in the closet, and Manyushka is trying to get the chairman of the house committee to enter the bedroom. Unable to withstand, Zoya came out of the closet. Hallelujah warns Zoya that the general assembly has decided to condense her apartment, and in general they want to drive her out. The fact that Maniushka’s niece Zoya, no one believes. Zoya shows the chairman of the House Committee on the opening of a workshop for the sewing of women’s clothing and school. Not without a bribe. Glad Hallelujah left, promising to defend and Maniushka. Zoya’s lover Pavel Obolyaninov has come. He
is very ill, and Zoya tells Maniushka to bring the Chinese Gasolin, who supplies the drug to Obolyaninov. However, Gasolin sends his assistant Cherubim with Maiaushka and orders him to take five rubles for the injection. After the injection, Obolyaninov comes to life. The Cherub requested seven rubles and Obolyaninov, without arguing, agrees. Zoya pays for him. The Chinese offer every day to bring morphine, but that Gasolin did not know anything about it. Paul agrees and gives him another ruble for tea. Zoya hires the Chinese to iron in the new workshop. The pleased Cherub leaves, and Zoya talks to Pavel about the future workshop. In it she will invest the remaining three hundred rubles, and by Christmas they will go to Paris forever, there she will cure Paul. Then the lady is sent for a beer, leaving, she forgets to close the front door. Included cousin Zoe, a rogue and a ShamerAmetistov, in his hands a scruffy suitcase, clothes worn and tattered. Hearing Zoya talk with her lover, Ametistov overhears him. Here comes Maniushka with a beer in his hands, calling Zoya. She thought the cousin was shot, he tells her where he
was missing for five years. Zoya does not want to take him in her apartment, but the cousin said that he will report where he should go and what kind of enterprise she is plotting. Zoe, understands that there is nothing to be done, and gives Amethyst the administrator’s seat in the school, and also tells Hallelujah to register it. A few months later, autumn came. Zoya’s apartment housed a sewing workshop. The cutter with the seamstress is working tirelessly, in the evening tired wearersAmetistovvotpuskayet home. Then he tells Zoe, that you need to click on Alla Vadimovna, who owed Zoya five hundred rubles. Zoya believes that she will not agree to a night venture, but the cousin is sure that he will agree, because she needs money. And then Maniushka says about Alla’s arrival. Ametistov falls asleep to her compliments and disappears. Alla apologizes to Zoya for non-payment and promises to get money in a few days. Zoya sympathizes with Alla and offers to work as a model in the evenings, promises to pay a month for 60 chervontsov and forget about the debt, and even get a visa. And then in four months, Alla will go to Paris to her beloved. And about what Alla Vadimovna will do, no one will ever find out. Alla agrees, promises to come in three days and leaves with a gift, a beautiful lilac dress from Paris. In the evening, the mannequins come to the apartment one by one and go dressing up to show new models coming from Paris. Then the commercial director Gus comes, thanks to him the “studio” exists. He meets Zoya in a luxurious dress. Goose asks to show him Parisian outfits, because he wants to buy a gift for a mistress. Zoya introduces Goose to the Amethysts begins the show. Obolyaninovigravet on the piano, on the lighted scene in turn out “mannequins” in frank attire, dancing and show performances. The latter frankly flirted with Goose, sat down on his lap and kissed her. The goose is in a frenzy from all that has been seen. Three days passed. Zell comes to Hallelujah to find out why she plays music loudly at night and goes to the multinational. Ametistov gives him money and escapes. The goose calls Ametistov and says that she will come to ten. After that Amethyst and Obolyanin go to “Bavaria” to drink beer. Cherubim and Manyushka remain together. Manyushka confesses that she likes the cherub, he says that they will soon leave for Shanghai. Manyushka otkazyvaetsya, but the Chinese insist, he says that he will soon get a lot of money. The girl says that she is not her husband, she is free, and can marry another, for example, Gasolina. The Cherub in a fit of jealousy begins to strangle her and promises to slaughter. The bell at the door, Gasolini came, began to call Manya a wife. The cherub rushes at him, Gasolin hides in the closet. Again the doorbell rang. Three people come in, they are represented by a commission from the People’s Commissariat of Education, they allegedly came to inspect the workshop. While Manyushka left with one of the commission in the fitting room, others find a picture of a naked woman and Gasolina in the closet. The Chinese says that opium is smoked in this apartment, that they dance here at night, and that the Cherubim is looking for the police for the murder. The commission orders the Chinese to go to his laundry and leaves, telling Maniushka that they are all right. Night. In the apartment a lively spree, the guests are drunk, the foxtrot plays, loud laughter. Goose complains about his mistress, distributes money to the right and left. And then in the midst of fun on the scene goes Alla. Goose arranges a grand scandal, it turns out that Alla is the same mistress Goose. They quarrel, Alla says that she does not like him, she only needed money from him to flee abroad to the groom. The angry Goose yells that she will never get a visa, will trade in the market. Alla Vadimovna leaves. Goose alone in the room suffers and complains about fate. The Cherub comes in, the Goose shows him other money that does not make him happy. The Cherub beats the Goose with a knife under the shoulder blade, he dies. The Chinese put the Goose in the armchair, take the money and run along with the intimidated Maniushka. Ametistov finds the corpse and also escapes, taking money from Zoya’s bedroom. Then the corpse is found by Zoya, calls Paul and runs for money, also about to escape. But they are stopped by three of the People’s Commissariat for Investigation, who turned out to be from the Criminal Investigation Department, and Gasolin with them. Zoe says that the Goose killed the Cherub with Amethyst. Hallelujah came, realizing what was happening, starts screaming that he has been following this dark apartment for a long time, Zoya says that she gave him money. All guests and the hostess are taken away. Zoya tells Obolyaninov that he will not leave him in jail, and says goodbye to his apartment.
