A collection of several interlinked stories that happen on the New Year's eve...

A group of Soviet reconnaissance scouts come across a punitive expedition. The Nazi's are prepared to execute two partisan girls and burn the village. The enemies are far more numerous, however, the small band of men from the Red Army decide to divert the Germans' attention with a surprise attack... of mischief.

The heroine learns about the death of her husband, who is dying in the bed of his young mistress. The heroine seems to be going crazy. Having found a estranged girlfriend with her brother, she is ready to do anything to understand why her husband chose not a wife, but a 21-year-old girl who came from the village. At the end of the picture, she herself finds herself one step away from death.