Synopsis

May 9, 1945. On the square of the small town of Insterburg in East Prussia, this day is met by Rokotov, Elagina and Fedorenko. They rejoice together with all the soldiers of the Red Army. The war is over. The townspeople huddle up to the houses - some of them are crying, and some are sighing with relief. An impromptu dance floor immediately appears on the square, a young lieutenant plays the piano right in the center of the square. Everything turns upside down in an instant, when a machine gun starts shooting from the roof of one of the houses on the square - And then - Then the everyday life of the military prosecutor's office in the occupied territory begins - murders, robberies, thefts. And of course, the German agents, which changed their owners, but did not change the enemy. And sometimes it seems that the war is not over yet. That for the final victory it is necessary to take one more step, and then another, and another.