Summer Trip to the Sea (Russian: Летняя поездка к морю) is a 1978 Soviet war drama film directed by Semyon Aranovich.
[2] The film is based on the original draft of Nikolay Vurdov’s novella Robinsons of the Cold Island and was shot in an unusually documentary-like style for its time.
At the onset of summer, a group of schoolchildren embarks on an expedition to the shores of Novaya Zemlya to complete a special assignment.
These eggs are meant to supplement food supplies for emergency provisions being established to aid stranded sailors and others struggling to survive in the harsh Arctic environment during wartime.
However, tensions escalate when a teenager, whose father was killed in the war, reacts emotionally, leading to a tragic incident in which the commander is shot by one of the Germans.