The experiences of a young soldier on leave during World War II are used by director Grigori Chukhrai to convey the futility and tragedy of war in this, one of the most honored and popular foreign films of its period. In Russian with English subtitles. D VD includes interviews. Cinematography by Vladimir Nikolayev and Era Saveleva. Stars Vladimir Ivashov, Shanna Prokhorenko. See also 16mm, AV # 7327, and laserdisc, AV # 61356.