Adil Zeki, the new Turkey consul, arrives at Batum, a little city next to Georgia, (old URSS). He realizes the lack of interest in the Stalinist administration, and distrust of the people around him as well as the lack of vigor, make him isolated and get afraid of being poisoned, which happened to his ancestor. With the assassination attempts and being confronted with the Russian bureaucracy, he falls in love with his secretary, who is an enthusiastic follower of Stalin.