About the title
The film is dedicated to the exploits of Soviet underground fighters and partisans who heroically fought the German occupiers during the Great Patriotic War. The main character, railway worker Ales Arlovich, is a composite figure, but he is based on the story of Soviet underground fighter Fyodor Krylovich, who carried out the largest land-based sabotage operation of World War II at the Osipovichi railway station.