He is a cold-blooded and dangerous criminal. He always works alone and never leaves a trace. The action takes place in St. Petersburg. Major Kuznetsov and his guys from the police taking the operational development of the Soloist, a dangerous fugitive who came to Peter in order to allegedly sell counterfeit money. Trying to stop the Soloist, killed friend and teammate Kuznetsov. For this reason, Kuznetsov is cooperating with the prosperous businessman Igor Samarin, who has his own accounts with the Soloist…

Young Sasha is brought into a state-run children's home because his mother died early and his father spends most of his life in prison. The conditions are like in a penal institution. Sasha tries several times to escape and to search for his father.

Director Lydia Bobrova pictures the bleak life in the Russian countryside by showing some events in the life of three brothers and their families. The three brothers are different in character, but all suffer from the dreariness of kolchoz life. The title is derived from a nostalgic Russian song. The wild geese have the possibility of moving on to milder climes, a possibility that Russian country people don’t have.