To Leave and to Not Return
Zosia and Anton are simple, peaceful people who have been drawn into the war by fate. They are on their way to the city from a partisan unit, and no one knows which of them will return. Anton, an experienced partisan who has been in dangerous situations, has suddenly broken down and wants to survive at any cost, even by betrayal. Anton reveals his plan: to turn himself in to the Germans and live a quiet, peaceful life... Zosia refused flatly, but Anton wants to survive by any means necessary, even if it means betraying Zosia, whom he clearly likes...
Director
Vladimir LatyshevCast
Elena Pertseva
Zoska

Yury Prokofyev
Anton

Nikolay Lavrov
old man

Regina Lialeikite
Dasha
Sergey Vlasov
primak

Yuriy Orlov
Petryakov

Oleg Aisin
Bormotukhin
Natasha Rychkova
little Zoska
Viktor Belovolskiy
Stefan
Marina Rusakova
hostess
F. Druzhinin
Vatsek
Oleg Popkov
sergeant

Vladimir Kotov
Pashka

Valeriy Doronin
Saley
Lyubov Tishchenko
woman

Stepan Krylov
old man
Natalya Maydanyuk
Zosya's mom