Antonio is a retired aviator in an unnamed country ruled by a military junta which violently suppresses any free thought. He falls in love with a member of the resistance against the dictatorship. He is arrested but escapes with his love. The code word among the resisters is: ‘Life is Beautiful’.

In this provocative Soviet drama, an aged couple are left homeless after their farm burns down, and they head off to live with their impoverished daughter. When they arrive, they are appalled to learn that she has abandoned her child and husband to run away with a married man. The husband is now an alcoholic, so the grandparents stay on to support their son-in-law in his time of need and to help care for their grandson. Later, the errant daughter is dumped by her lover and returns. Many fights ensue until the grandfather banishes his troublesome daughter from their lives.

年轻的女孩萨沙（妮娜·卓别舍瓦 Nina Drobysheva 饰）邂逅了英俊潇洒的空军飞行员阿列克赛（叶甫盖尼·乌尔班斯基 Evgeniy Urbanskiy 饰），在阿列克赛短暂停留的几天里，两人之间的感情迅速升温。之后，阿列克赛重新返回前线，此时萨沙的腹中已经怀上了他的骨肉。 没过多久，孩子降生了，但同时传来的，还有阿列克赛不幸战死的噩耗。在绝望和悲痛之中，萨沙咬紧牙关，发誓一定要将两人爱情的结晶抚养长大。战争结束后，萨沙的姐姐和弟弟回到了家中，这是，萨沙得到了一个惊人的消息，那就是阿列克赛并没有死，而是被敌人俘虏了。这段被捕的经历让阿列克赛失去了政府对他的信任，他一下子从一个英雄沦落成为了人人喊打的叛徒。

1956 film by Grigori Chukhrai

During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit his mother. Due to his kindhearted nature, however, Alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters, including a lovely girl named Shura. In his tour of a country devastated by war, he struggles to keep hope alive.