St. Petersburg mid 19th century: the indolent middle-aged Oblomov lives in a flat with his older servant Zakhar. He sleeps much of the day dreaming of his childhood on his parents' estate. His boyhood companion Stoltz now an energetic and successful businessman adds Oblomov to his circle whenever he's in the city and Oblomov's life changes when Stoltz introduces him to Olga lovely and cultured. When Stoltz leaves for several months Oblomov takes a country house near Olga's and she determines to change him: to turn him into a man of society action and culture. Soon Olga and Oblomov are in love; but where in the triangle does that leave Stoltz?