A fierce battle begins near stalingrad and its outcome will determine the fate of the whole world... The 20-year-old sergeant Lyubomir Zukh, who has never been in combat, left his unit stationed near the frontline to say good-bye to his girlfriend. He was absent for no more than three hours! but according to wartime laws he is a deserter. and the punishment is execution. the sentence is overly severe and everybody understands it. Can the war machine be stopped? will he be pardoned?