Arkadiy Pyshnyak

Lyudmila Gurchenko's brilliant performance in a musical drama about a life of the struggling singer.

"Iskra" is the codename for the plan of the operation of the Soviet troops to break the blockade of Leningrad. In January 1943, the blockade of Leningrad was broken. A corridor 8-11 km wide was formed between Lake Ladoga and the front line.

A story about the tragic events in the life of besieged Leningrad from September 1941 to January 1943.