Summer-autumn 1941. The invincible German army is rapidly advancing across the territory of the Soviet Union, crushing and grinding the combat formations of the Red Army. It’s already a stone’s throw to Moscow, and everyone believes in a speedy victory... except for the experienced penalty soldiers - Sven and his comrades. They already see how the blitzkrieg will turn out for Germany; they have already begun to read the terrible fate of the Third Reich in the traces of German blood in the Russian snow...