In the aftermath of World War I, the Hungarian Communists join forces with the Bolsheviks to defeat the Czarist forces, known as the Whites. The conflict rages on in the Volga region, where a monastery and field hospital are repeatedly captured and recaptured by each side. As the war drags on, characters are randomly executed or forced to flee into the woods, with neither side having a clear strategy.
The Red and the White
The Russian Civil War raged on, with the Red Army and Hungarian Communists joining forces to battle the White Army for dominance over the Volga region.