某研究所曾受迫害的老教授,恢复名誉的次日便不幸病逝。生前他期待他的得意门生来完成他的学说,但后者在研究中却发现这个学说是错误的。于是,这位年轻科研人员、他的同事们、教授的女儿和以前整过教授的人,出于不同的考虑,围绕要不要把真相公诸于世展开了一个错综复杂的故事,反映了当代苏联人对待科学、原则、荣誉、爱情等等不同的态度。 The old professor once persecuted in an institute unfortunately died of illness the day after his reputation was restored. Before his death, he expected his favorite disciple to complete his doctrine, but the latter found in the study that the doctrine was wrong. As a result, the young researcher, his colleagues, the professor’s daughter, and former professors, out of different considerations, opened up a complicated story about whether or not to make the truth public, reflecting the contemporary Soviet Union Different attitudes toward science, principles, honor, love, etc.