Après la mort de sa mère, Anya, une démunie de 18 ans, épouse un riche fonctionnaire de 52 ans grippe-sou, Modeste Alexeïevitch, pour aider son père alcoolique et ses jeunes frères. D'après une nouvelle de Anton Tchekhov.
The film is based on the real fact — football «The Death Match» between the German team and a team of Soviet prisoners of war, former "Dinamo". It happened in Kiev on June 22, 1942. Anticipating the possibility of losing, the Germans made a condition — defeat or death. If the Germans won, the Soviet footballers were promised freedom...
A story about high school students whose holidays were overshadowed by the outbreak of war. Enrolling in the militia, they not only staunchly assist the Soviet troops in the rear, but are also ready to defend their native city with weapons in their hands.