the script was written by writer alexei leontie in collaboration with colleagues from bulgaria. of the film takes place in september 1944. when soviet troops liberate bulgaria from the fascist regime, the following in the rear convoy of the horse-drawn carriage of belarusian oles kazanok breaks a wheel and he has to turn into the nearest village. alexey ivanovich, how is it possible that you have a flat tire? mozovsky craftsman, what do you want me to break, stop joking? yes! local residents have been waiting for the liberators for a long time, so they arrange a ceremonial meeting for olesya. village craftsmen they put a new wheel on his cart, a beautiful crucified one. the sergeant will eat me, dry rations, without a trace, heading further, the soviet soldier, at the request of the bulgars, undertakes to give a ride to the city to a student-underground member, here by the previous authorities for underground work, olesya already has one passenger, the romanian marika, liberated by soviet soldiers from fascist captivity, so in one cart there are representatives of three peoples