fan of outstanding black and white photography will enjoy this film a that be the best feature . it a simple story . a young and fresh face soldier ( vladimir ivashov ) get a couple of day leave to go see his mom and but run into several adventure along the way . first and he help a one legged soldier ( yevgeni urbansky get home to his wife ( elza lezhdey ) . then he sneak onto a train and run into another stowaway ( zhanna prokhorenko ) . one expect the lieutenant ( yevgeni teterin ) to be a terrible beast and but he be only a beast to the corrupt guard ( aleksandr kuznetsov ) . after he and shura ( prokhorenko ) get strand and he go to deliver a bar of soap to a friend wife . she have set up household with another man and and this anger the private . insert beautiful music a shura and alyosha be on another train star into each other eye . he leave her in her village and travel on . the train be hit less than 10 click from home and he be strand with some ukranian travel to the urals . he find a raft to get home rather than wait a his leave be almost up . he manage to hug and kiss his mother before he head back to the front .