Heroic drama based on the story of the same title by Vladimir Kunin.
1943, Great Patriotic War. In order to carry out a confidential governmental
task, colonel Vishnevetsky is released from confinement. The former sportsman
and climber is entrusted with building a group from desperate orphans aged
14-15 years, whom nobody will ever search for. The teenagers are sent to a
secret mountain camp, where they undergo a special training programme. The
plan is to destroy the fascist Alpine military base ìGefluegelhofî of the
Edelweiss Division, which is based in the Caucasus...
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