Valeria Anderson's fourth documentary is a dramaturgically and conceptually complete visual-musical work comparable with the best British industrial documentaries of that era. The strict frame sequence gives a figurative overview of the birth of reinforced concrete wall panel.
Germany in May 1945: the war is over, men are returning home and a new life begins in the villages. After 12 years in a concentration camp, the "Red Shoemaker" also returns to his home village.
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
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