The collection of screenplays by the famous Soviet screenwriter E. Volodarsky includes eight works based on feature films that have won wide audience recognition and high praise from critics. These are works about the recent past and about our modernity - "The Road Home," "Look Around," "Parting," "White and Black Birds," "Viktor Krokhin's Second Attempt," "Goodbye, Zamoskvoretskaya punks!," "About love, friendship and fate." The script "Check on the Roads," written based on the work of the writer Yu. German, stands apart. In essence, this is an original work showing the scriptwriter's truly creative approach to the film adaptation of a literary work.