The historical drama film is based on the real story of the Soviet partisan officer the Avenger detachment, Nikolai Kiselev (played by Aleksandr Yatsenko), who saved over 200 Jews from the Nazis in World War II.

The film is based on real events that took place during the Second World War between August and October 1942, when Russian soldier and Soviet partisan officer Nikolai Kiselev rescued 218 Jews from the Holocaust.

[7] It was a joint production of WeiT Media, Central Partnership, Nikita Mikhalkov's Studio TriTe, and the Russia-1 TV channel, with the support of the Cinema Fund and the Kievskaya Ploshchad Group of Companies.

It took place in the village of Zabrodje, Vileyka District, Minsk Region in Belarus, the cities of Saint Petersburg, Vyborg, and Leningrad Oblast in Russia, and in Israel.

On February 8, 2023, the premiere of the film took place at the Karo 11 October cinema center on New Arbat Avenue in Moscow.