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Shveĭt͡sarii͡a, 1872 god. Vsi͡akiĭ raz, soprovozhdai͡a ott͡sa vo vremi͡a perevozki gruzov cherez opasnyĭ Gotardskiĭ pereval, Khelena mechtaet vlitʹsi͡a v semeĭnoe delo, khoti͡a ee matʹ Anna koso smotrit na uchastie docheri v podobnykh poezdkakh. No s nachalom stroitelʹstva Gotardskogo zheleznodorozhnogo tunneli͡a spokoĭnai͡a zhiznʹ semʹi zakanchivaetsi͡a, vedʹ v bystro rastushchui͡u derevni͡u priezzhaet vse bolʹshe i bolʹshe italʹi͡anskikh rabochikh. Sredi nikh i Pʹero, gorni͡ak iz Pʹemonta, kotoromu poschastlivilosʹ sni͡atʹ komnatu v dome semʹi Kherger. Chuzhakov v derevne nedoli͡ublivai͡ut, i otet͡s Kheleny i͡avno ne odobrit svi͡azʹ docheri s novym postoi͡alʹt͡sem, no devushka vse zhe bez pami͡ati vli͡ubli͡aetsi͡a v obai͡atelʹnogo italʹi͡ant͡sa…

Switzerland, 1872. Whenever accompanying her father while transporting goods through the dangerous Gotthard Pass, Helena dreams of joining the family business, although her mother Anna looks askance at her daughter's participation in such trips. But with the construction of the Gotthard Railway tunnel, the family's quiet life ends, as more and more Italian workers arrive in the rapidly growing village. Among them is Piero, a miner from Piedmont who was lucky enough to rent a room in the Herger family home. Strangers are disliked in the village, and Helena's father clearly does not approve of his daughter's relationship with a new guest, but the girl nevertheless falls madly in love with a charming Italian.…