In the tragic autumn of 1944, the possibility of liberation from the war and the chains of the German alliance flashes before our eyes. Lacking leadership, in the first few hours people cannot yet know that their hopes are dashed, and they prepare the country not for celebration, but for burial. Some of the soldiers defect to the advancing Soviet forces, while others reload their weapons. A small group chooses a third path: they flee the front and try to fight their way home through adventurous journeys and encounters.

The documentary is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Honored Worker of Kazakhstan, Opinion Prize winner, writer, screenwriter and film director Sadul-Satybaldy Narymbetov. His name is occupied by writing the golden fund of Kazakh cinema, and his works are considered a classic national cinema.