1941 was a year of turmoil in Russia. Nazi troops advancing rapidly, and the front line pushed further and further to the east. The Nazi war machine was upon the Russian steppe. The war experiences fortitude of anyone who gets in her way. The four Soviet soldiers in the pillbox are deep in the German rear. Instead of four only 10 people are stuck in the other German bunker. Completely bunked in on both sides, both companies must do their best under the pressure of the situation they are in. Starring Captain Leonov, a marine sergeant who did not have time to get to the fleet, and two soldiers, "wet behind the ears." Throughout the movie, they encounter lack of resources while they are trying to hold back the opposition until the last German attack. The situation is compounded when close to the bunker the enemy bombs them with their planes, and among the survivors is the general. Now the Germans can not desist until they take possession of classified information, a famous Russian military commander.

An epic tale of Poles, Ukrainians, Jews who are deported to Russia. Their fate is shown from the perspective of a young boy Staszek, who goes to Siberia with his family and neighbors from a small village in the eastern Polish borderlands. Together with his companions he starts hard struggle for survival, where the most fearsome opponent turns out to be terrible, merciless nature... Circumstances force the boy to reevaluate his life and grow up faster. Soon he will have to learn the essential struggle for survival and make decisions that will where rate will be life of his relatives. He will also have to choose between love for the Jewish Zinnia and the Russian Luybka.