The film traces the path of the hero (formerly an ensign and a Knight of St. George, and then a talented commander of the Red Army) from the Civil War to the Great Patriotic War.
Strategical factory should be evacuated. The movie shows how destinies of those working on the factory and their families are being broken. And yet - they have no choice, but to live.
A movie of epic narrative about General Shapovalov. Having lost his son and best friend, commander Gaidabura, during the war, he meets at the end of the war his favorite woman, whom he thought was dead.
