Anatoli Gudkovsky

전쟁을 소재로 한 장엄한 흑백영화. 제2차 세계대전 중의 러시아에서 소속부대와 연결이 두절된 독일과 러시아 군인들이 잔혹한 죽음을 맞는다. 인간이 유발하는 전쟁의 비극적 요소에 대한 성찰이 돋보이는 작품이다.

September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman Anni gives a shelter to both of them at her farm. For Anni they are not enemies, but just men.

A group Russian soldiers is send to an outpost to guard the area. They pass the day patroulling the area, while being shot at from the forest. They never know if the civillions are hostile or friendly to them.