
March 24, 1972 · 54 years old

A look at the horrors of the Eastern Front of World War II from the points of view of repressed soldier of penal battalion and his young daughter, who stayed behind enemy lines.

Fast-paced story of pre-death repentance marathon for the captain of the National Security Service (NKVD) Fyodor Volkonogov set against the backdrop of 1938 political persecutions in the USSR.

A bitter story from World War II, which depicts that for the victims of Stalin's repression peaceful life was sometimes even worse than burdens of battlefields against the Germans.

The thriller is inspired by the case of an infamous Soviet-era serial killer who eluded police for a decade.

In the spring of 1941 German agent Wasser of the Abwehr holds an NKVD commissar hostage. Two soldiers, a boxer and a spy are the NKVD's only hope to rescue him.