Former fighter pilot turned provincial schoolmistress Nadezhda Petrovna struggles to adapt to peacetime, having internalised military ideals of service and obedience.
Key credits listed on this page include Larisa Shepitko, Valentin Ezhov, Natalya Ryazantseva, Nikolay Atarov, Maya Bulgakova, Zhanna Bolotova, Pantelejmon Krymov, and Leonid Dyachkov.