Depicts Russian Tsar Peter the First's conquest over the Swedes and his son Aleksey's plot to overthrow him.

A group of Russian partisans hiding within a remote forest attempt to destroy a nearby German airfield, all the while assisting a downed French pilot who happens to fall madly in love with a local girl.

This, the first Soviet depiction of Peter the Great, set the stage for what would become the post-Revolutionary line concerning the early Romanovs. Rulers like Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great were widely admired for their dedication to Russia and their absolute determination to enhance her position in the world. But praise for the hated later Romanovs conflicted too heavily with the very beliefs that had brought about the Revolution in 1917.

This movie follows the crew of the spaceship Homeland, preparing for the first manned mission to Mars. When an American ship, Typhoon, rushes to beat them and suffers a critical malfunction, the Soviets divert their mission to attempt a rescue. Stranded on the asteroid Icarus with depleted fuel, the cosmonauts await a desperate rescue mission that may cost another crew their lives.