On New Year's Eve, the famous satirist Mikhail Averin gathers his children and grandchildren at the festive table to taste the famous grandfather's olivier salad according to a long-standing family tradition. However, in the apartment they are unexpectedly met by a young dark-skinned beauty, whom the grandfather presents as his bride. This news has the effect of an exploding bomb on relatives and triggers a chain of events that will turn a festive family dinner into a comedy farce and fireworks of sparkling New Year's stand-ups.
The Year is 1812. On the eve of the decisive battle of Borodino, Napoleon's secret agent steals a Russian battle plan. This fact is known to General Kutuzov (Head of Russian forces), thanks to a young nobleman Alexey Tarusov. Tarusov joint to the the regiment of Russian lancers, and finds new friends like Lieutenant Gorzhevsky, Prince Kiknadze and Sergeant Ptukha. After the terrible battle of Borodino, they fall into many unexpected adventures...
Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage