The main character is surgeon Andrey. He went from a young doctor to a professional. It fell to his lot to overcome the monstrous realities of Russian reality: working in the absence of medicines and equipment, when you can only rely on intuition. His life is a daily feat of saving human lives in inhumane conditions. However, he does not consider his life to be a feat: he just does his job.…

USSR, November, 1941. Based on the account by Vasiliy Koroteev this is the story of Panifilov's Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight Red Army soldiers commanded by General Ivan Panfilov, that stopped the advance on Moscow of a column of fifty-four Nazi tanks of the 11th Panzer Division for several days. Though lightly armed they fight tirelessly and defiantly, with uncommon bravery and unwavering dedication, to protect Moscow and their Motherland.