New York, mid-1950s. Vito Genovese, who has been released from prison, learns that his position as boss of the Mafia family is now held by Frank Costello, whom he must obey. Unwilling to accept the loss of power, Genovese begins plotting behind his new boss's back to kill him.

Henri Charrière, a safecracker, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to hard labor for a murder he did not commit. Nicknamed the Moth because he has this symbol of thieves tattooed on his chest, Henri makes several escape attempts. As punishment, the authorities put him in a punishment cell for a long time, and then send him to French Guiana on Devil's Island, surrounded on all sides by the ocean. No prisoner has ever escaped from this most dreaded convict prison. But nothing can make Henri lose heart and break his determination to break free.

A series of short sketches revealing various aspects of the life, work and personality of the famous Canadian pianist.

Forty years after Alexander's death, the elderly Ptolemy, one of Macedon's closest companions who became governor of Egypt after his death, decides to tell and record the story of the great commander's victories. For eight years the army of Alexander the Great moved to the East, to the shores of the world Ocean. Having conquered Western and Central Asia, Macedonian was the first to set foot on the mysterious and mysterious land of ancient India. He dreamed about it in his childhood, listening to the myths of Troy, the exploits of Hercules and Achilles....

Everest is a great impregnable mountain, the summit of which many professional mountaineers dream of conquering. One of the expeditions to its summit ended in a real tragedy, but this fact does not stop brave climbers.

Experienced instructor Rob Hall, having gathered a group of the best climbers, is going to make an ascent to the highest peak of the planet. All these people are full of courage and bravery and they will stop at nothing until they reach the top of Mount Everest. But even if this mountain is conquered, will they be able to come back alive and unharmed?

November 25, 1970. The famous Japanese writer Yukio Mishima got up early in the morning, put on his military uniform, and, along with fellow members of the Shield Society, went to the Self-Defense Forces ground forces base in Ichigaya to urge soldiers to stage a coup d'état. Along the way, Mishima recalls his life and its influence on his works.

The 1950s. Somewhere in Mexico, expatriate William Lee spends his days indulging in drunkenness and debauchery. One day, his attention is caught by a young American named Eugene Allerton.

The story of the short life of Manhattan bohemian Jean-Michel Basquiat against the backdrop of New York's artistic life.

September 1977. Maria Callas, a world-famous opera diva in early retirement, lives in a luxurious Parisian apartment with two poodles, a cook and a butler. The job of the first, in addition to cooking, is to give Maria compliments. The second moves a huge grand piano around the house for her from morning to night, counts her pills, picks her up from restaurants and tries to convince her to talk to a specialist instead of hallucinations.

What was Mark Whitaker thinking? As an up-and-coming employee of Archer Daniels Midland Agribusiness Corporation (ADM), Whitaker suddenly becomes a snitch. Despite the fact that Whitaker reports to the FBI that the multinational company he works for is artificially keeping prices too high, he considers himself a hero, looking out for the interests of ordinary citizens and worthy of promotion. But in order to make his dreams come true, the FBI needs evidence, which is why Whitaker happily agrees to put on a special listening device, and in a briefcase to hide a tape recorder, imagining himself a kind of special agent, performing a top-secret mission.