Officer's Wives

Nadia Antonova and Varya Kozub, daughters of a repressed military, are close friends. Nadi's mother, Katerina Antonova, hides the girls from being arrested. Her husband, Nikolai Antonov, is in prison. Vari's parents died in the camp. The imprisonment ends with the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.

Nadia Antonova and Varya Kozub hardly escape death. The Germans break the detachment to which they arrived. The girls wander through the woods for several weeks and are taken captive. They manage to flee to Moscow. In the city, prisoners are equated with traitors. The girls manage to avoid the tribunal. On New Year's Eve, Nadia meets her love again, pilot Alexei Terekhov.

Nadia is accused of theft and taken into custody. She is suspected of stealing medication. Varya investigates the radio operator at the school. It turns out that the drugs were thrown by Nadezhda to a classmate collecting medicines for their sick mother. Nadia is released. Before completing the course, she marries pilot Alexei Terekhov.

Alexey Terekhov is not allowed on the front. He starts to get drunk. Nadya asks the head to sign the report and send Lesha to the combat zone. Alexey is glad that he is going to the front, but when he finds out that his wife has taken care of his soon departure, he is offended. Barbara lives under the care of Dr. Peter Agner. For the doctor, there is no separation between Russians and Germans.

Varya gives birth to a girl in the house of Gunn. She is brutalized by anger Savelyev. Gunn manages to hide the child. Cook is killed. Ganna writes a letter to Antonov on behalf of Wari. Nadya arrives at the specified address. She learns about the death of Wari and takes her daughter, named Hope. In Moscow, Nadia records the girl as a daughter, but she is not believed.

Katya flies to Maria. This is their first meeting in many years. Joy overshadows news of the death of Wari. Now Kozub has one consolation, a granddaughter Nadya. Kate tells her friend about her husband's betrayal and that his young mistress came to her home pregnant. Maria is the only one with whom Katya allows herself to be honest.

The end of World War II found the heroes in different parts of the world. Alexey Terekhov is in Germany. He is waiting for his wife in a military town. He learns that Nadia will come with two children and decides that Nadia cheated on him. Peter Agner meets the 45th year in Russia in a labor camp. He is offered to return to Germany, but Agner does not agree. He intends to find Varya and the child.

Nikolai Antonov is on trial, accused of treason. He is released, but his rank is lowered. Katerina supports her husband, and did not cope with this. Little Nadjenka is wounded by an explosion in a military town in Germany. The wound is difficult, they bring a German doctor to operate. Ironically, this turns out to be Nadia's grandfather, the father of Peter Aigner.

Nadia and the kids go to Alexey in the Far East, to a new military garrison. On the train, military Yartsev sticks to her. Not having received from Nadi consent, Yartsev tries to rape the conductor. Little Nadia resorts to crying. She scalds him with boiling water. Already in the garrison, it turns out that Yartsev.

All premises suitable for life are burnt down by fire in the town. Yartsev wants to settle people in containers for the transport of aircraft. Alexey intervenes, there is a place in the headquarters, at least to accommodate the children, but Yartsev is relentless. A fight ensues. Terekhova arrested. Alexey is asked to sign a waiver from his sister. Terekhov refuses. They put him in jail.

Mary manages to clear her husband's name. She gets official papers. She has long been tormented by a serious illness. Maria calls Nadia and tells about her real origin, showing photos and documents. Maria writes a suicide note and drinks a long-hidden drug.

Nadia decides to go on vacation to his father in Germany. Antonov is hostile and does not like Nadia's decision. She feels betrayed by all, runs to the lake and jumps into a boat. A thunderstorm begins. Nadia is saved from death by Nikolai Antonov, but she is straining and dying from a heavy load.