"Umbhalo" utshela umlando we-ilya goriunov, 27 - u-Alexander Petrov), oza eNkululeni iminyaka eyisikhombisa ejele. Kusolwa ngokungafanele ngokusakaza izidakamizwa, uthola umsolwa wesikhundla sakhe esindayo sikaPeter (u-Ivan Yankovsky) futhi uhlanganyela empini. Ngokomphumela we-Scuffle to Ilya, ifoni yakhe iyawa, ngosizo azama ngalo umuntu womunye umuntu. Ngaphezu kwezinkinga eziphishekela i-Gortunov ngemuva kwejele, umlando wokuziphindisela uhlanganisa intombazane uPeter Nina (Christina Asmus).
Umbhali kaRomani uDmitry Glukhovsky waphawula ngokuthi i-trailer yokuqala yesithombe yaphuma ngesikhathi sokuqulwa kwentatheli phezu kwentatheli u-Ivan Golunov, esolwa ngokusabalalisa izidakamizwa. "Bengifuna ukubhala inoveli ngokwenzekayo. Mayelana nokuthi yini engenzeka komunye nomunye. Ngokumangazayo, njengoba indaba yentatheli u-Ivan Golunov yayifana nomlando weqhawe lencwadi yami "Umbhalo" ilya goriunov. Eqinisweni, kunezinye ezenzeka ngengozi eziyimfihlakalo kuphela futhi ezingenakuqhathaniswa - ukufana kwamagama, futhi ezinye izibalo, "kusho umlobi.