[2] In a distant garrison town, life proceeds at a measured pace.

Meanwhile, the accidentally unleashed human emotions are suffocated by the atmosphere of cruelty and hypocrisy.

Even the grim nature of service in the Red Army following World War II isn't enough to dampen his spirits.

About a Lieutenant, who fell in love with a Colonel's young and beautiful wife.

The Colonel' s got two wives: the first from the pre-war times and the second whom he met in the war and fell head over heels.