Sergei and Tanya are in love with each other. Sergei is drafted into the marine corps and Tania waits for his return. Sergei's division is abandoned in favor of helping local residents in distress. During the operation, his armored personnel gets carried into the sea. His relatives receive a notice of his death. Tanya's loving childhood friend, a hockey player, helps her to cope with misfortune and she marries him. But it turned out that Sergei did not perish. He, together with a wounded friend he saved, are found on a deserted island after a long winter. Back home, Sergei learns that Tanya has married another. Unable to accept the loss of his beloved, Sergei dies; but this death is a symbolic and emotional one, not physical. Sergei continues to live a normal life without shock and strong distress, meets another girl, marries her, has a child. In the finale there is a spiritual rebirth of the hero.

Directed by: Andrei Konchalovsky
Written by: Evgeniy Grigorev
Release date: 1974-11-10
Runtime: 135 minutes
Cast:
Yevgeni Kindinov Yevgeni Kindinov
Sergey Nikitin 
Yelena Koreneva Yelena Koreneva
Tanya 
Irina Kupchenko Irina Kupchenko
Lyuda 
Iya Savvina Iya Savvina
Tanya's mother 
Vladimir Konkin Vladimir Konkin
Sergey's youngest brother 
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Also known as:
  • A Lover's Romance
  • Romance for Lovers
  • Романс о влюблённых