Yevgeni Bondarenko

A Russian soldier, during the war and retreat, relives the beauty of the Ukraine of his youth, which also had its sorrows, and finds strength in his memories. (bfi.org.uk)

At the crux of the routine drama is a small town that is about to go under when a major dam is completed and the area is flooded, creating a sizeable lake. As people return to say good-bye to the lives and the homes they once knew in the town, differences of opinion on the sacrifice they made crop up. At stake is the "Russian" way of life and whether or not progress should include this type of sacrifice for the common good. (allmovie.com)

A young Russian woman asks a Red Army soldier to spend the night with her in the wake of the Nazi invasion. Fearing she may soon perish, the woman hopes for one night of romance before what could be a horrible demise. (allmovie.com)