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...

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

• Vladimir LatyshevDirector · Writer
• Tatyana YakovlevaWriter

Release date

January 1, 1987

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

2h 18m

Genres

Drama, War, TV Movie