In 1942, local teenagers are organizing the underground resistance in the city of Krasnodon during the Nazi occupation of Russia. The teens manage to outsmart the Nazis in their fight, and their activity lifts the spirits of the surviving citizens.
| Directing | Sergei Gerasimov | Director |
| Writing | Sergei Gerasimov | Writer |
| Writing | Aleksandr Fadeyev | Novel |
| Sound | Dmitri Shostakovich | Music |