A young communications officer, accused of cowardice, faces a death sentence by firing squad in the summer of 1942. Just as the execution is about to take place, a surprise German attack delays the proceedings, and the condemned man and his guard are forced to flee together. As they embark on a perilous journey to deliver the prisoner to headquarters, an unlikely friendship blossoms between the guard and his captive, amidst a backdrop of intense battles against the German forces.
On the Road to Berlin
The film is based on the novella "Two in the Steppe" by Emmanuil Kazakevich and the war diaries of Konstantin Simonov, a renowned Soviet writer who served at the front.
