“…The film 'rewrites' the history of the revolution to emphasize the role of Stalin.…”

“…Personality cult film, magnifying' Stalin's role in the history of the October Revolution and the Civil War.…”

“…The story presents the vicissitudes of a soldier at the front and his sweetheart in a German forced labor camp, juxtaposed with sequences of Stalin and Hitler conducting the war. Stalin, wise, kind and, of course, a supreme military leader is hilarious, Hitler is a mere caricature. …”

“…They go to Red Square with hundreds of other people, and join Stalin with their vow to follow Lenin's path. In the rest of the film Varvara’s family lives through the socialist construction of a tractor factory in Stalingrad, they participate in WWII, and after the war they once again meet with Stalin.…”