Vanya doesn't know his father. His mother says he works in Moscow. With friend Fedya, Vanya meets Viktor, his mother's former classmate who lived in Germany, wondering if he's Vanya's dad as they prepare to search for him in Moscow.

12-year-old Vanya lives with his mother in the village and does not know who his father is. His mother says that he works in Moscow, and Vanya and his friend Fedya are going to go in search of their parent. While preparing for the trip, the guys meet with Viktor, who once studied with Vanya's mother at school, and then lived in Germany for a long time, so in the village where he returned, they call him Nemets. Perhaps this is Vanya's father?