خلاصه داستان : پس از یافتن یک تفنگ قدیمی، پسر جوانی به جنبش مقاومت شوروی علیه نیروهای بی رحم آلمانی می پیوندد و وحشت های جنگ جهانی دوم را تجربه می کند.

The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.