Release, runtime and language

1964 · 83 mins · Russian

Directed by

Mikhail Yershov

Starring

Yuriy Solovyov, Tamara Timofeeva, Vija Artmane, Anatoliy Papanov, Yevgeni Matveyev, Vladimir Ratomsky

While traveling home from a hospital visit, tank crew officer Fedotov meets Sonya, a young mother of three. After he is demobilized he returns to live with her, but their happiness is short‑lived; Sonya becomes gravely ill and dies. Her husband soon arrives with the children, leaving the youngest under Fedotov’s care.