Stalin's entertainment squad meets mysterious woodsman — what could go wrong?
World War II is raging on the Eastern front but the soldier Nikanor has been sent to Siberia: bot as a prisoner, but as the leader of a motley group of entertainers who travel from village to village giving concerts. Still, Big Brother is watching and when the entertainers encounter a strange man in the woods there is trouble brewing. One of the performers falls in love with the mysterious backwoodsman, but the secret service is after him, too.
Acting
Viktor Sukhorukov's weary Nikanor anchors the chaos.
Production
Evocative Siberian villages shot with period detail.
Director
Vitaliy Melnikov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Vitaliy Melnikov spent decades in Soviet television before this rare theatrical feature; the film barely screened outside festival circuits.
The title references actual WWII agitprop brigades — mobile theater units sent to boost morale, often staffed by artists who'd fallen from official favor.
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