On the Eastern front end during universe War II, the Soviet regular army is contend the incursive German Wehrmacht. The movie have a non-linear secret plan with frequent flashback. After a brief dreaming sequence, Ivan Bondarev, a 12-year-old Russian boy, wake up and traverse a war-worn landscape to a swampland, so swim across a river. On the other side, he is seize by Russian soldier and bring to the immature Lieutenant Galtsev, who interrogate him.