The location is the Belarusian forests, close to the Polish border, during Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944. The Red Army is preparing to advance, but on one segment of the front there are two serious obstacles: an unnamed hill, and a highly skilled German sniper. The local commander, Major Inozemtsev, suspects that the hill is a trap.

A new manager comes to the design bureau, he thinks outside the box, rejects routine...

Three heavily drunk friends break into the Zoo and kill a few deer...

The always easy-going, sensitive and responsive hero of the film turns out to be the very person whose meeting with whom changes the fate of people for the better.