The story of a British POW who converts to communism.

Set in an imaginary land where the threat of revolution spurs the Emperor to seek exile in one of the most distant parts of his realm. There he meets Elka, the daughter of a revolutionary who has been banished here due to his confrontational activities. The two fall in love but meet a violent end when the revolutionaries, led by Elka's father, destroy the palace.

The Great Consoler is Lev Kuleshov’s most personal film reflecting both the facts of his life and his thoughts about the place of the artist in contemporary reality. It was the only film in the Soviet cinema of those years that raised the question of what role a creative person played in society.

1946年，苏联的太空计划正经历着动荡。塞迪克教授正计划领导第一次载人登月探险，他的竞争对手卡林教授谴责他太老，精神太不稳定，无法完成任务。塞迪克教授在助手玛丽娜和一位名叫安德鲁莎的年轻人的帮助下，无视卡林教授的权威，成功登陆月球。尽管月球上出现了一些问题，包括发现了一个损坏的氧气罐和塞迪克教授被困在一块坠落的巨石下，但这次探险是成功的，宇航员们返回了莫斯科。