Aleksey Mantsygin

1994 yılı yapımı "Güneş Yanığı" adlı filmin devamı niteliğinde olan film, 2 ayrı bölüm olarak çekilmiştir. Bu ikinci bölümün adı ise "The Citadel" (Kale)'dir. Yönetmen Mikhalkov’un üçlemesinin bu son bölümünde, İkinci Dünya Savaşı sırasında ihanete uğrayıp, esir kampında vatan hainliği iddiasıyla idam edilmekten kurtulan Albay Kotov, savaşın bitmesiyle eve döner. Ne var ki, hiçbir şey eskisi gibi değildir. Kotov, bu kez de ismi, onuru ve aşkı için savaşmak zorundadır.

Four best friends. They've been to war, they've seen life, but they are still passionate, young and willing to serve their country. They found their place at OMON - Russian Special Police Squad. They can count only on each other, and their real family is themselves. After working hours they become simple guys with ordinary dreams like family and comfort. But life changes when once in a night club the friends incidentally get in a fight with the local mafia. It turns out that they have no fear and they are ready to stand for each other whatever happens.

A blind girl gets a chance of a lifetime: a rich man offers to her the precious gift of eyesight, provided that she marries him without question. This reward opens her eyes on the grim truth of life.

Police captain Pavel Semyonov serves in one of the residential areas of St. Petersburg. Pavel is used to breaking up drunken fights and entering drug dens alone to make another arrest. He knows that if he thinks and argues, he will simply be killed. And he is used to first acting, and then sorting it out, because he really wants to stay alive, because his wife Yulia and son Sasha are waiting for him at home. Risking his life, he saves the daughter of a businessman. In gratitude, Latyshev, the girl's father, facilitates the transfer of Pavel to Nevsky Prospekt, to the very center of the big city, where it is prestigious and profitable to serve ... And soon Pavel begins to suspect that his transfer to the Central District was carried out by Latyshev with some far-reaching plans. And when Pavel goes on the trail of a mysterious killer named Rafael, everything is completely confused. But in a difficult situation, Pavel can always rely on his friends from the sleeping area