This is a collection of five satyrical short films, including little intermision talk:
1) "Kak Sozdavalsya Robinzon" (How Robinson was Created) - writer is comissioned to make soviet version of Robinson Cruzoe;
2) "Istoriya s Pirozhkami" (Incident with Pastries) - customer has problems paying for pastries, because he has eaten them before getting to the counter;
3) "Inostrantsy...
Watching the happy families, Kate has made simple conclusion: the further away her husband is from the house, the more prosperity and happiness for the home. So the young wife sent her husband to a remote construction site ...
本部电影讲述身处硝烟弥漫的战争年代，一对热恋中男女青年的悲情爱情故事。薇罗尼卡（塔吉娅娜·萨莫依洛娃 Tatyana Samojlova饰）和鲍里斯（阿勒克塞·巴塔洛夫 Aleksey Batalov饰）本是沉浸在甜蜜热恋中的幸福情侣，可随着战争的爆发，这一切的美好即将 破灭。鲍里斯参军，薇罗尼卡的父母在敌机的轰炸中双亡，悲痛欲绝的她只能寄宿在鲍里斯父亲的家中。鲍里斯的表弟趁机占有了她，薇罗尼卡受到众人指责。双重打击下的薇罗尼卡本想一死了之，可心中仍苦苦等待着鲍里斯的归来。当得知鲍里斯牺牲的消息后，薇罗尼卡彻底绝望了。战争结束，当所有人都在庆祝胜利的时候，薇罗尼卡也双手捧着鲜花来到广场上。这时，一行大雁在空中飞过，就像当初的美好时光一样。
本片一经问世，就轰动了整个世界影坛，以其绝美的光影对比，绝佳的镜头运用，一举荣获1958年戛纳国际电影节金棕榈奖...
