In the summer of 1942, the Soviet army is fighting the Germans on the Don River. Young lieutenant Ogarkov gets lost in the steppe and fails to deliver a redeployment order. For that, he is sentenced to death. Now, another soldier has to lead him across the steppes to his death.
| Directing | Anatoli Efros | Director |
| Writing | Emmanuil Kazakevich | Screenplay |
| Camera | Pyotr Yemelyanov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Dzhon Ter-Tatevosyan | Music |
| Art | Nikolay Markin | Art Direction |