Summary

Follows a young soldier and poet at the beginning of World War II in 1941. After being wounded while trying to save his commander, he finds himself behind enemy lines and goes through an arduous journey of survival and trials as he makes his way to a partisan detachment. Throughout his ordeal, the soldier reads poems by wartime poets.

Release Date

11 Mar 1968

Production Companies

Dovzhenko Film Studios

Production Countries

Soviet Union