Mashenka (Russian: Машенька) is a 1942 Soviet war romance film directed by Yuli Raizman and starring Valentina Karavayeva and Mikhail Kuznetsov.
During a fire drill, she meets the taxi driver Alexei Soloviev (Mikhail Kuznetsov).
When he comes to health, she overhears him talking to his uncle stating that she is a 'good friend' despite her taking off of work and selling her belongings for him.
When he finds out she sold her belongings for him, he repays her and states he is going away to a resort to work as a taxi driver to make more money.
The message eventually gets to her, and Alexei by this point has switched to infantry and participates in an offensive on a town.