During 1943 a young platoon commander refuses to follow an order of frontal attack; he doesn't want to send his soldiers against the enemy machine-guns and get them killed. A battalion commander rips off his shoulder straps and sends him to the military tribunal. But the war is everywhere and the demoted officer and his escorts have to start an unequal fight with the enemy.

In Nazi-occupied Soviet Union, a group of prisoners is forced to play a high-stakes football match against their German captors. The match becomes a symbol of resistance and hope amidst the brutalities of war. Will they be able to defy the odds and win?

The young gifted artist Ryabinin cannot stay away from the conflict in Donbass; he leaves his beloved girl in Moscow, a well-fed and calm life, and leaves for the civil war as a militia to capture the tragic events of Russian history and express feelings that only aroused anger in his bohemian environment; the suffering of people and the heroism of comrades completely change the consciousness of a young man - he loses his former attachments, grows up and finds himself.

Tapeur, who introduced himself as a composer invites the young lady into the Movie Theatre of Baron Schmitt. Suddenly the seance turns into a tragedy — Baron presents to the audience a brand new miracle - the mechanical Pianola which replaced the Tapeur, and thus the young lady falls in love with the Baron.

Southern outskirts of the former Russian Empire. War has just finished. Ivan and his wife Katya live in a house on the outskirts of their village surrounded by windy steppe. In search of an occupation Ivan leaves his wife and sets off on a journey into the deserted landscape. Having come back home, Ivan finds his wife dead. Realizing his loss, he can no longer see any point in living and finds a way out in setting off to join a new war, where he’ll find answers, meet his death and rejoin his beloved wife.

A fatal accident - a hostage taking in a distant country - brings together an important diplomat, his unfaithful wife and her lover. To be saved, they need to act together, but is it possible, when hatred is stronger than the desire to live, a sense of duty is more important than reputation, and betrayal is higher than love?