A gripping, gritty story of Russian life in the early 50's, where people of this country live their lives in fear of the government under Stalin. It is a world that brings George Orwell's novels to life; a world of hopelessness, suspicion, mistrust, and retributions. It is not a movie about hope, rather it is a dark portrayal of a country under the fist of total government rule, dark and dreary.