Heino Raagen and his war comrades begin a new battle while arriving at their home village - establishing a collective farm. The sufferings and fears of the war have exhausted people; nevertheless, they still stick together and protect their close ones. Heino's girlfriend Valve hides the plans of her brother Robert hiding in the forest from him; as a result, their relationship will fall apart. Life...

At one of her rare appearances with orchestra, Martha Argerich, the grande dame of the piano, joined forces with world-famous cellist Mischa Maisky and the fabulous Lucerne Symphony Orchestra for the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin – “Romantic Offering”, a double concerto for piano, cello and orchestra dedicated to its very first soloists. The progr...

The end of the Great Patriotic War. Soviet troops arrive in a city abandoned by the fascists. Two women from the operational group find shelter in a house that, apparently, had been recently occupied by a German officer. Among the abandoned belongings is a lady's pink hat. The next morning, after leaving the house, one of the women decides to return for the hat and dies: the beautiful pink hat was...