Character Relationship Map: Why?

Characters

• Aleksei (played by Ivan Lapikov) — protagonist
• Liza (played by Galina Orlova) — supporting
• Nikolai Artyomovich (played by Boris Nevzorov) — supporting
• Mariya (played by Lyusyena Ovchinnikova) — supporting
• Tatyana Sergeyevna (played by Ada Rohovtseva) — supporting
• Alyosha (played by Vadim Lyubshin) — supporting
• Gulya (played by Elena Drobysheva) — supporting
• Nikolai Afanasevich (played by Gennadi Frolov) — supporting
• Pavel (played by Igor Bochkin) — supporting
• Mitka (played by Valeri Nadejko) — supporting
• Young Mariya (played by Tatyana Bojtova) — supporting
• Sidor Ivanovich (played by Fyodor Valikov) — minor
• Police Chief (played by Vladimir Sklyarov) — minor
• Young Aleksei (played by Sergey Chekan) — minor
• Slavik (played by Sergey Barabanshchikov) — minor
• Fedya (played by Arseni Susekov) — minor

Story Analysis

A story of a man preserving his humanity amid the atrocities of war and totalitarian camps.

Plot Progression

1. War Outbreak
2. Camp Internment
3. Moral Testing
4. Humanity Preserved