年轻的女孩萨沙（妮娜·卓别舍瓦 Nina Drobysheva 饰）邂逅了英俊潇洒的空军飞行员阿列克赛（叶甫盖尼·乌尔班斯基 Evgeniy Urbanskiy 饰），在阿列克赛短暂停留的几天里，两人之间的感情迅速升温。之后，阿列克赛重新返回前线，此时萨沙的腹中已经怀上了他的骨肉。 没过多久，孩子降生了，但同时传来的，还有阿列克赛不幸战死的噩耗。在绝望和悲痛之中，萨沙咬紧牙关，发誓一定要将两人爱情的结晶抚养长大。战争结束后，萨沙的姐姐和弟弟回到了家中，这是，萨沙得到了一个惊人的消息，那就是阿列克赛并没有死，而是被敌人俘虏了。这段被捕的经历让阿列克赛失去了政府对他的信任，他一下子从一个英雄沦落成为了人人喊打的叛徒。
Plot Summary:At the outset of the War, Alexei,an airman, marries Sasha Lvova, a young factory worker. One day, Alexei does not return from his mission and he is thought to be dead. Some time after the end of hostilities though, he reappears : taken prisoner, he has managed to survive. But everybody besides Sasha rejects him;to make matters worse, he is expelled from the party. Alexei sinks into despair and alcoholism. Fortunately, Stalin dies and his lot improves at last.
