Pavel Shevando

Le film est basé sur une nouvelle du célèbre écrivain Stoviet qui a servi sur le front, Emmanuil Kazakevich "Deux dans la steppe" et les journaux de guerre de Konstantin Simonov.

The film follows two student cinematographers who, as the war approaches Moscow, refuse to be evacuated and instead volunteer to be front-line cameramen capturing the horrors of war and heroism of the soviet soldiers. At the same time, we witness another storyline taking place in the US. After the premiere screening of the already completed documentary “Moscow Strikes Back”, one of the members of the Academy Awards selection committee is trying to persuade his fellow colleagues to establish a new category of Best Documentary in the upcoming Oscars event.

Alexey Tsaryov is a 17-year-old school leader and a promising champion of a junior alpine ski team. Alexey has a girlfriend Lina and a friend Kostya, his rival both in sport and in love. Alexey is first in every way. He is self-confident, he does not know how to lose and does not wish to lose. But suddenly everything changes. After a tragic accident that befalls Alexey because of Kostya, their friendship has to withstand a challenge. But the moral courage, goodness and love will help endure all the ordeals and will bring everyone to their personal victories.

L’histoire vraie de l'emblématique gardien de but russe Lev Yachine. Largement considéré aujourd'hui comme le plus grand gardien de but de l'histoire du football, les aspirations de Yachine ont été considérées comme insensées, et comme rien de plus qu'un passe-temps chronophage. Malgré la pression de ses parents pour obtenir un emploi stable en tant qu'ouvrier d'usine, Yachine est accepté comme réserve pour l'équipe nationale russe, les Dynamos.

June 21, 1941. Young lieutenant Kolya Pluzhnikov, having received an appointment to a permanent place of service, arrives in Brest. The crowded waiting rooms of the station and the crowd of people weighed down with luggage do not alarm the young man, filled with joyful hopes. Kolya hurries to the location of his unit - the Brest Fortress... The soldier does not have time to enlist in the personnel of the military, and at four in the morning artillery explosions are heard - the war has begun. He was not enlisted in the ranks of the military personnel of the Brest Fortress, but still took part in the first battle in his life, which lasted ten months.