인류 역사상 최악의 전쟁이라 일컬어지는 제2차 세계대전이 한창인 1942년. 소련군은 부대원의 70%를 잃는 처절한 전투 끝에 군사적 요충지인 르제프의 한 마을을 점령하는데 성공한다. 마을을 재탈환하기 위한 독일군의 공격은 점점 거세지지만 본대로부터의 지원은 고사하고, 부대 전체가 전멸하더라도 위치를 사수하라는 이해할 수 없는 명령만이 주어지는데...
아무도 기억해주지 않더라도 반드시 승리를 만들어내야만 한다!
1905. A Jewish Shtetl. Shimek and Buzya are two 10 year olds. Of course, she is a princess and he is a prince. They live in the same yard, in neighboring palaces. What Buzya really means to him, Shimek begins to understand only years later when, far away from home, when he receives the news that Buzya is about to be married off.
The plot is based on the story of a village demented youth. He is a local fool, living in a poor hut with a sick mother. His neighbors are the Jewish family of the local blacksmith Mendel, and he is secretly in love with his youngest daughter Sonya. When the war starts, the Germans quickly occupy the village. Panic begins among the Jews, as well as in the Mendel family, and they try to equip a shelter at home, which the young man becomes aware of. Hoping to get the blacksmith's house, he reveals this secret to the Germans, but the German military police take him to their headquarters. The protagonist finds Sonya in his garden and wants to save her life, not imagining what difficulties this decision will turn out to be for everyone.
