The Cold Summer of 1953
Shortly after Joseph Stalin's death in 1953, Lavrenty Beria, the omnipotent NKVD Minister, granted a broad amnesty. Left at large were hardened criminals previously convicted of grave offences, wreaking havoc in search of food and transportation. Some bandits come across a small village where two amnestied political prisoners are waiting for the arrival of a boat; soon this pair must defend the villagers from the se criminals.