Directed by Sergey Bondarchuk | Starring: Sergey Bondarchuk, Zinaida Kirienko, Pavel Volkov, Lev Borisov

The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory.