Larisa Golubkina

Jealous schemes lead to the banishment of a young tsarina in this lush imagining of Alexander Pushkin's fairy tale about love, magic, and betrayal.

Fascist Italy's prime-minister Mussolini is arrested following the Allies landing in Sicily. Meanwhile, Soviet troops plan their offense towards Kyiv. Lt. Col. Lukin's regiment crosses the Dnieper river as the division's vanguard. Unbeknownst to them, they're merely a ploy to mislead the Germans so the rest of the army can catch them off guard.