The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
Aleksei Kravchenko
as Flyora Gayshun
Olga Mironova
as Glasha
Liubomiras Laucevicius
as Kosach
Vladas Bagdonas
as Rubezh
Jüri Lumiste
as Obersturmführer
Viktors Lorencs
as Sturmbannführer
Kazimir Rabetsky
as Village Headman
Yevgeni Tilicheyev
as Gezhel
Aleksandr Berda
as Chief of Staff of the Partisan Detachment
G. Velts
as Medical NCO
CinemaSerf
This has got to be the perfect antidote to the Hollywood treatment of a war film. It's bleak, grim and repulsive - and all in a great, intentional, cinematographic fashion. The thread centres around the young "Flyora" (a superb effort from Aleksey Kravchenko) who is taken from his Belorussian family...