The End of the Comedy

In Severoelansk, a bloodthirsty killer has been on the loose for some time. He has slaughtered the wealthy Ushakov's family: young children, mother, maid, and wife. Ushakov was waiting in vain for his wife at the theater, as she is one of the leading actresses. The investigators quickly find a false suspect, but another brutal murder occurs in a hotel — that of another actress from the local theater and her lover. Unintentionally, the head of the detective police, Tartishchev, recalls the suicide of the theater's prima donna Muromtseva that happened a few months ago...