Vitaliy Grigorash

Events take place in the White Sea, 1942. New recruit Andrei Bulygin is assigned as an assistant machine gunner on a small ship that delivers soldiers and weapons to the front line. On the way back, German fighters sink the ship, leaving only Andrei alive. Having got out on the ice, he enters into an unequal battle with the cold and the German pilot von Bettger attacking him from the air...

In the circus of the city Zurbagan a mysterious stranger with the ability to fly. Many present at this performance, however, few people think about what is happening.