Three episodes from the history of socialism: Babeuf, whose virulent discourse is a radical assessment of the bourgeois revolution of 1789 (Vincent Nordon episode); the legend of Napoleon I, or the formation of the state as it still dominates today (François Barat episode); and the carnage of the Paris Commune, which official history strives to repress and forget (Joël Farges episode). What does it mean to make a historical film today? It means illuminating the present in the light of the past, and therefore adopting the new modes of modern storytelling to challenge what dominates us, structures us, and oppresses us.

From 1945 to 1989, after the capitulation of Nazi Germany, two rival ideologies, communism and capitalism, faced each other in a merciless battle. On one side of the Iron Curtain and on the other, throughout the Cold War, the USSR and the United States sought to shape children’s imaginations through their magazines and films. Never in the history of mankind have so many comic books been published and so many cartoons produced for young people. In November 1989, communism collapsed with the Berlin Wall; capitalism was left to decide the future of the world. What if this victory had been prepared for a long time, and our thinking conditioned, from our early childhood, to ensure this absolute triumph?

1889年，为了修建欧亚铁路，沙皇派属下四处征用马匹。期间，阿穆尔河畔的大公为了马匹与当地的少数民族发生冲突，酿出人命。 正义感十足的小伙子迪米特（Aleksey Chadov 饰）焦急万分，他决定去圣彼得堡向沙皇反映情况。他的想法令众人震惊不已，因为迪米特的家乡离彼得堡有一万公里，而且中间还必须穿越西伯利亚、乌拉尔山脉以及伏尔加河。但是坚定的信念仍促使迪米特踏上行程，与之作伴的只有那匹忠诚的灰色小马塞尔柯。 沿途跋山涉水，险象环生，迪米特始终没有放弃自己的信念。他的行动感染了沿途百姓，一时间成为了传奇式的英雄……