Красавица

Blokadnyĭ Leningrad, surovai͡a zima 1941-go. Starshina Nikolaĭ Svetlov posle ti͡azhëloĭ kontuzii vypisyvaetsi͡a iz gospitali͡a v nadezhde vernutʹsi͡a na front, no po prikazu komendanta otpravli͡aetsi͡a okhrani͡atʹ obʺekt osobogo znachenii͡a - zoosad. Ezhednevno rabotniki zoosada samootverzhenno bori͡utsi͡a za zhiznʹ zhivotnykh, vsemi silami starai͡asʹ prokormitʹ ikh. Nikolaĭ, ponachalu ne prinimai͡ushchiĭ reshenie komendanta, postepenno nachinaet osoznavatʹ, naskolʹko vazhna ego missii͡a. Zabota o begemotikhe Krasavit͡se i drugikh podopechnykh zooparka stanovitsi͡a smyslom ego zhizni.

Besieged Leningrad, the harsh winter of 1941. Petty officer Nikolai Svetlov is discharged from the hospital after a severe concussion in the hope of returning to the front, but on the orders of the commandant he is sent to guard an object of special importance — a zoo. Every day, zookeepers selflessly fight for the lives of animals, trying their best to feed them. Nikolai, who at first does not accept the commandant's decision, gradually begins to realize how important his mission is. Caring for the Beautiful hippopotamus and other zoo animals becomes the meaning of his life.