Noviembre de 1942. Continúa el implacable asedio a la ciudad de Stalingrado durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Rodeados de tropas alemanas y escasos de municiones, un grupo de soldados rusos se preparan para defender un edificio hasta el final.

A band of Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to two Russian women who have been living there.