The main character of the Russian melodramatic series "Shadows of the Old Wardrobe" is Ksenia, a simple foreign language teacher. Her brother is sick, and she desperately needs money. That's why she agrees to become a governess in a wealthy house. Her ward is a difficult teenager named Glasha, and the owner of the house and the girl's father is a stern and silent businessman named Pavel. He is a widower, but the late wife's sister, Kira, has long set her sights on him. The family doesn't treat the governess very warmly, but something changes her relationship with Pavel.