In the town of Buck Creek in 1899, the residents live in fear from a murderer known as the Buck Creek Killer. The sheriff decides to assemble a team of nine bounty hunters to track down and eliminate the ruthless killer once and for all.
Moscow, 1902. The famous director Konstantin Stanislavsky, in search of inspiration for staging a new play, decides to get acquainted with the life of the city "bottom". He turns to Vladimir Gilyarovsky, a recognized expert on …