Since director Sergei Yutkevich was a longtime lover of American slapstick, his first films were imbued with a playfulness and cheeriness not typical of Russian cinema. And Kruzheva is a good example of that as he illustrates the friendly rivalries between the youths on village in both a very rough and clowning way.
1941. Army commander Kapitonov takes the brunt of the German forces, striving to Rostov. Well aware of the tactics of the German General Leynts, Kapitonov brilliantly conducting an operation that was incorporated into the history of the war under the name "Dyakovo defense."
