在这部降职剧情/战争片中,两名士兵收到一份命令 ，将一名中尉 交给后方，由军事法庭审判。在他们活动期间，他们遇到了一家森林中的医疗营，一群突围而来的德国人正在袭击这家医院，三位苏军被迫一起参加战斗，保护受伤者。
1943. A young platoon commander refuses to follow an order of frontal attack; he doesn't want to send his soldiers against the enemy machine-guns and get them killed. A battalion commander rips off his shoulder straps and sends him to the military tribunal. But the war is everywhere and the demoted officer and his escorts have to start an unequal fight with the enemy.
