The Russian military drama mini-series "The Fruits of Knowledge" tells the story set in 1944. From Germany to the occupied settlement of Mikhailovskoye - the Pushkin Museum - arrives literary scholar Maria Shiller. Her task is to educate the military and local residents by giving them a lecture about the great writer and poet. The guest's behavior provokes disapproval from the German high command. Meanwhile, the Berlin leadership orders the removal of all valuables from the village...