A man comes back from war to his home village with a burnt face. What awaits him at his home which he hadn't seen for so long? Will he be able to get back his old life?
Lyudmila Pavlichenko es una joven estudiante rusa que, durante la guerra, se vio obligada a alistarse en el ejército en el año 1941. La chica resultó ser una francotirador nata; su impresionante habilidad y destreza la hacen destacar entre hombres y mujeres por igual. Al ver en Pavlichenko una amenaza tangible, el alto mando alemán da ordenes de eliminar a la muchacha a cualquier precio.
Young doctor Irina Mikhaylovna works in Soviet province and has to hire ex-con Lyuba as baby tender for her daughter. When anti-Semitic company starts in Soviet Union and danger is threatening Irina, Lyuba stays her only devoted friend.
