经历战争和长期围困幸存下来的城市，看起来像一个身患绝症的人。死亡和生命还没有在这里完成他们的战斗。人们看起来比城市更好一些，但实际上每个人都以自己的方式被毁坏。

　　A pianist named Garvey, while traveling on a tour, gets off the train to buy cigarettes, and learns from a salesgirl that the cities imagined by Grin really exist. Forgetting about his tour, he goes to one of these cities, where he meets the captain of "The Waverunner"... The famous bard Alexander Galich wrote the script to this film -one of the 1960s best motion pictures. The film features his wonderful songs as performed by Galich himself: "A ship was sailing from faraway Australia...", "Things will straighten out, there's nothing to worry about..."... In the 21st century, the cinema will be different; perhaps it's natural. And yet, it's a pity...

　　1919年俄国革命后，内战爆发，在伏尔加河平原上，不少匈牙利人加入了苏维埃红军同白军展开消耗战……一名来自匈牙利的红军士兵被杀死在村边的河流中，白军驱车在村庄宣传，似乎胜利已经在握。落魄的红军战士跑回营地，而那里同样有白军俘虏，红军除去俘虏的衣服羞辱他们，但是转眼间营地又被白军包围， 这次失去军装的是红军士兵，一身军装成为了人们区分敌我的唯一标示，抹消对方身份和屠杀的报复行为在两方间周而复始……几个红军战士逃出营地，在白军的围追中亡命天涯，而他们所遭遇的一切，注定是以死亡为终结的无奈循环。　　本片是匈牙利新浪潮的代表作之一。