Ivan Talanov
A Russian village struggles through the German occupation during World War II in this tense drama from the Soviet Union. As the town doctor finds his home has been taken by German troops, his daughter becomes involved in the anti-Axis resistance, and his son -- confined to a mental hospital -- escapes to fight the invading armies.
El primer día de la guerra trae tragedia a una campesina, Pasha. Su esposo y su hijo pequeño mueren ante sus ojos. Ella y los otros aldeanos se van al bosque. Pasha lleva a los aldeanos a luchar contra algunas tropas alemanas. Al salir victoriosos, los partisanos se convierten en un temido oponente de los alemanes, con el liderazgo del camarada P.
Propaganda film enhancing the role of I.V. Stalin in the defense of the city of Tsaritsyn (subsequently Stalingrad, at present Volgograd) by the red army during the Russian civil war.