Two Soviet partisans leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.
In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the countryside, the soldiers show their companionship, sentiments, fears and heroism to defend their motherland.
Thirties. Fyodor Bazyrin, who had built up a strong household, fell in love with a village girl, so much so that he almost stole her from under the crown and took her to his farm, where he married the girl he loved. They were happy. But time passed and the young woman was drawn to a new life. She was no longer satisfied with working for the benefit of her personal life in isolation from the common village festivities and everyday life and decided to leave the farm.
