It is 1915 and what can save Russia? In all its spectacular hypocrisy the Tsarist regime is leading the war effort - untrained soldiers are being sent out onto the battlefield without boots or rifles, and food and fuel shortages maim the nation at every turn. What can save Russia? Millions of refugees, deserters and prisoners of war criss-cross the vast continent in the hope of a different life, while the seedy underbelly of cabaret nightclubs...