Based on the play of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. According to Fyodor Protasov, the surrounding life is riddled with dirt and falsehood. He does not want to participate "in all this dirty trick", he does not have the courage to fight it, and he chooses the third way — to stage suicide.

Федор Протасов с вершин общества опускается на самое его дно, и делает этот выбор осознанно, не желая жить ложью…