| Director | Nikolai Lebedev |
|---|---|
| Budget | RUB 674.3 million |
| Box office | RUB 334.5 million |
The action takes place six months after the surrender of Germany, when the trial of Nazi criminals begins.
Soviet scout-translator Captain Igor Volgin receives letters from his artist brother Nikolai, who had been missing since 1942. The letters were addressed to his mother, who died in besieged Leningrad. The letters were sent from Nuremberg, which is in the American zone of occupation of Germany. Igor Volgin, taking advantage of the need for translators to be present as part of the Soviet delegation at the Nuremberg trials, traveled to Nuremberg to search for his brother. At this time, the surviving fascist underground is trying to prevent the Nuremberg process; a traitor officer from the Soviet delegation takes part in it. Igor Volgin gets acquainted with a Russian girl, Lena, who was taken away during the war to work in Germany and, after liberation, is recruited by the fascist underground. Igor Volgin takes part in operations to seize the German archive and delivery to the process from Moscow witness — Field Marshal General Friedrich Paulus. Both operations reach the stage of failure because of the traitor officer in the Soviet delegation. The leader of the Nazi underground in Nuremberg, former SS officer Helmut "Hammer" with his detachment tries to release or kill the defendants; but his agent Lena, having fallen in love with Soviet officer Igor Volgin, informs Igor of this danger. In the end, an operation involving the SS men who escaped from American captivity fails.
At the end of the film, it is reported that Elzy, who became the adopted daughter of Igor and Elena Volgin and left with them for Leningrad, found the burial place of Volgin's brother, Nikolai, near Nuremberg. The film contains not only show court hearings, but also shootouts, scenes with explosions, and at the end — newsreel footage.