During the Civil War in Russia a group of White Guard officers is trying to rescue the family of the tsar Nicholas II captured by Bolsheviks. The officers face betrayal and fight a Red Army detachment sent to eliminate them. It is the Red Army commander against the head of the White Guard group. The only thing that matters is who will be the first to reach the tsar placed under arrest in Yekaterinburg...
Unión Soviética, 1943. El Coronel Vishnevskiy recibe la orden del gobierno de entrenar y formar a un grupo de soldados adolescentes, quienes deberán sabotear las acciones de un grupúsculo del ejército nazi llamado "Edelweiss".