The film tells about the fate of the Petersburg actress Varvara Asenkova.
In green cabs were transported students of the Imperial Theater School. Stepfather of Varvara Nikolaevna, the "civilian" husband of her mother, also well-known at the time of the actress Aleksandrinskiy scene Aleksandra Asenkova, retired military Pavel Nikolaevich Krenitsyn, served as the landlord of green carriages. Hence the name of the film.
The film was staged at the film studio "Lenfilm".
Varvara Asenkova died very early, on the rise of her career.
Lyudmila Staritsyna's debut,