Aleksej Longin

Armed with little more than their courage and wits, a doomed brigade of Soviet soldiers prepare for the Moscow invasion of Nazi German tanks in 1941.

The story unfolds during World War II. Seven prisoners succeed in breaking from high security prison and take refuge in godforsaken village. With no time to catch their breath, the escapees are faced with a new trial, as a German subversion group appears in the neighborhood. Overnight the recent enemies of the state turn into its ardent defenders.