简介： Theactionofthefilmtakesplaceinthepostwaryears.ThetrainwithspecialprisonersarrivesattheremoteststationVerikha,hopelesslylostinsnowdrifts.Takingadvantageofthesnowstormoneoftheprisoners,KirilPoletaev,escapedfromunderescort.Workinghiswaythroughwinterforest,practicallyfrozenandweakened,Kirilreacheshisnativevillage...Thecharactersofthefilmseparateintotwoopposingteams.SomepeoplewhoknewPoletaevbeforehisarrestarefacedwiththeproblemofthemoralchoicewhethertodieorabandonsimplehumanvalues:love,mercyandrespectforeachother.OtherpeoplefulfillingtheirdutyreallybeganhuntingforKiril…OldwomanAnnaZakharovna,ShurkaandKuzmich,thehead,savePoletaevbutsufferthemselves.ButtheparadoxisthatKirilwhohasbeensavedfrom“thepeople-wolves”runsintoarealpackofwolvesandnownobodycanhelphim.
