The story revolves around three young guys who are drafted into the army at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Rita, Yashka, and Vanya have been friends since school, but their childhood is abruptly cut short by a terrible tragedy. Someone kills Rita's parents, and the boys become accidental witnesses and unwitting accomplices to the crime. Moreover, the country is at war, and the trio finds themselves in the same reconnaissance unit tasked with infiltrating a German regiment.