Dmitri Alexandrov

Marija, a young Ukrainian woman, earns a living as a cleaning woman in a hotel in Dortmund, but dreams of having her own hairstyling salon, and puts away some money each month. But when she is fired without notice, her dream is suddenly postponed to an uncertain future. Jobless and under financial pressure, she is forced to look for alternatives but, in order to achieve her goal, she is ready to discard her body, her social relationships and her own feelings.

1942年9月。ナチス・ドイツの猛攻にさらされ陥落寸前のスターリングラード。そこへ送り込まれた新兵ヴァシリ。敵の銃弾が降り注ぐ中、死体に紛れて反撃の機をうかがっている時、同じように身を潜めていた青年政治将校ダニロフと出会う。ダニロフのライフルを借りたヴァシリは驚くべき正確さで敵兵を次々と仕留めていった。