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SummaryDuring the Great Patriotic War, a unit made up of women volunteers was ordered to capture two fascist paratroopers who had jumped into the hinterland. The commander of the unit, far and wide the only man, doubts that women can be decent soldiers at all and decides to carry out the operation himself with five selected girls. They soon realize, however, that there are sixteen Germans. One of the girls is sent back to the unit. She has to go the dangerous and arduous way through a swamp again to get reinforcements. With skilful distraction manoeuvres, they can hold the enemy back for a while. But then they must take up the unequal fight. In coloured flashbacks, the film shows the fates of the individual girls who led them to war. Now the hopeful young girls are dying one by one in a hard fight. The left alone commander takes up the fight again and can decide for himself and his dead companions. The end of the film takes us into the present. The struggle and the sacrifices have not been forgotten.
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Decade1970
Production Year1972
Release date4 May 1973
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ActorsAndrej Martynow, Irina Schewtschuk, Ludmila Saizewa, Irina Dolganown, Olga Ostroumowa, Jakaterina Karkowa, Jelena Dropeko
