Flashback drama about the travels of a once prominent academic to Leningrad to attend the funeral of a friend.

Drama surrounding the travels of an academic who heads to Leningrad to attend the funeral of an old friend. The film's action advances through a series of flashbacks of the two old friends, their experiences in World War II, the academic rise of a prominent Soviet scientist and the subsequent repression of his work by the government.—SindyMac