A very naive and politically neutral picture about the life of a teenage girl against the background of the revolution.
Death is wandering around, you have to take care of the wounded, but in the economic unit there is a pretty knob harmonist, and the artist in the agitvagon will help with the mastery of painting, friendly dogs run along the fields with it, and the commissioner will talk about Marxism, revolution and help with life advice. Tanya herself wants love and be loved, but the revolution, which seems to be aimed at a good cause, somewhat interferes.
The Chosen One is also naive and kind; these children of the revolutionary period, having found each other, cannot find themselves. Everyone tries to adjust their ideas about how everything should be (which seem to be drawn from stories and anecdotes), and it turns out to be cute and touching.
Meanwhile, the commissioner, the head nurse, and the commandant of the sanitary train are trying to solve their personal problems and find their place in a rapidly changing world. Each in its own way.
Of all the Soviet films about this period of history, this is probably the most apolitical. Although there is talk about politics and the party’s course, it is only a background to what is happening within the heroes.
A good movie, really, is quite sad.