Three months after German forces occupied your Russian village, life has become a daily struggle of hunger, cold, and forced labor. The occupiers, terrified of partisan activity, have already executed a third of the locals on mere suspicion. One freezing day, soldiers and collaborators round every villager into the square at gunpoint. Wearing a stolen fur coat against the bitter cold, a German officer walks the line, pistol in hand, demanding to know who aids the partisans—turning every glance and hesitation into a potential death sentence.