Fritz Schmenkel, a farm worker and soldier in the fascist Wehrmacht, deserts in Belarus in 1941. He wants to survive, makes his way to Russian farmers and comes into contact with Soviet partisans who, after long interrogations by the German teacher and current partisan Miron, take him in as one of their own. Schmenkel proves his reliability in a number of daring actions and is awarded the Order of the Red Banner. In the winter of 1943/44, he is given a reconnaissance mission and falls into the hands of the fascists in Minsk. After days of interrogation, which he withstands, the Nazis execute him.
Cast
Walter Plathe
Fritz Schmenkel
Leon Niemczyk
Kommandeur
Dieter Mann
SD-Offizier
Jürgen Frohriep
Gustav
Gojko Mitić
Muratow
Dietmar Obst
Unteroffizier
Lothar Schellhorn
Batteriechef
Yevgeni Zharikov
Unknown
Grigore Grigoriu
Unknown
Svetlana Sukhovey
Unknown
Pyotr Velyaminov
Unknown
Klaus-Peter Thiele
Unknown
Nina Maslova
Unknown
Valentina Ananina
Unknown
Valeriya Zaklunnaya
Unknown
Lyudmila Gladunko
Unknown
Ivan Havryliuk
Unknown
Fyodor Odinokov
Unknown
Leonid Kmit
Unknown
Milan Beli
Unknown
Iosif Matusevich
Unknown
Volodymyr Antonov
Unknown
Zurab Kapianidze
Unknown
Nikolay Kozinin
Officer SD
