Roza Khairullina

A woman lives alone on the outskirts of a village in Russia. One day she receives a parcel she sent to her incarcerated husband, marked 'return to sender'. Shocked and confused, the woman has no choice but to travel to the prison in a remote region of the country, in search of an explanation. There begins the story of a battle against this impenetrable fortress, the prison where the forces of social evil are constantly at work. Braving violence and humiliation, in the face of all opposition, our protagonist embarks on a blind quest for justice.

A private, full of emotion story of an engineer Hans F. who arrived on a business trip to USSR on the eve of World War II (spring of 1941). The plot is based on the real life events of pre-war period, on the memories of its direct participants. The film represents a little known blank spot of European history when soon after signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, a short period of friendship, close collaboration and exchange of specialists started between USSR and Germany - before these two countries confronted each other in the mortal combat.