1941.October.TherearethousandsofGermantroopsadvancingonKalinin(nowTver),toopenadirectroutetoMoscow.Thereareonlytwothousandpeopledefendingthecity.Notanks.Noartillery.Theironlyhopetoholdotheenemy–isthefthInfantryDivision,thatisabouttogothroughtheKalininstation.Buttherearespiesouttheredoingevery-thingtopreventthisfromhappening.MajorPavelTokarev,HeadoftheKaliningarrison,isstrugglingtomaintainorderinthecity.Andhehimselffallsundersuspicionofbeinginvolvedinspyactivity.