The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.

• Belarusfilm
• Mosfilm
• Aleksei Kravchenko
• Olga Mironova
• Liubomiras Laucevicius
• Vladas Bagdonas
• Jüri Lumiste
• Viktors Lorencs
• Kazimir Rabetsky
• Yevgeni Tilicheyev