1942, most of Western Europe
has fallen under the onslaught of German troops.
But in the East the Soviet Union
with stands the invasion of Nazi forces.
Desperate fighting for every inch of land
goes on along the entire Eastern Front.
Both sides suffer heavy losses.
And neither party will settle for anything but victory,
Victory at any cost!
FIRST SQUAD
Attack!
That girls obviously not in her right mind.
Come on.
She's just an orphan, a victim of war.
Smile!
lt's for the frontline paper.
And now your next performer is, without a doubt,
a girl wonder.
Let's give her a hand!
She will answer any question.
Ask her anything. ever your innermost secrets.
Come on. Ask her. Don't be shy.
What's my name?
Dimitry Sonin.
That's right, fellas! Damn good!
And you are Private Panteleyev from Tula.
Your nickname in schooI was Mozart.
That's true, he told me so.
Hey. Let's find out when the offens ve will start.
And what's my name?
When am I gonna get a letter from home?
Who stole my knife?
Will Lyuba marry me?
l just wanted to ask,
how long do l have left to live?
Nadya time to wrap up.
Aerial attack!
THE MINISTRY OF SPACE AND TIME presents
Happy birthday, little Nadya.
lt's wrong to steal apples.
Yes, sorry.
l'm Leo. What's your name?
Nadya.
This is the Friendship of Nations fountain.
Nadya. this is for you.
Wow, cute!
Thanks!
Marat let's race.
l can't go any faster with this bike.
Did l scare you? Don't forget. "Always be prepared."
Don't worry you'll learn it too.
Everybody at our boarding school can do this.
Explosive substances can be mixed using...
It is your duty to be fearless.
determined,
keep calm in any situation,
stay in the mental link and. most importantly.
a blade by the principles of the 6th Division.
Quick hide in there
and don't come out until l get back!
l'll get the rest and come back.
Don't worry.
and don't leave, whatever happens!
We got them. Let's go.
Run for the exit. lt's too soon for you to die.!
Leo, I don't understand.
You are caught between life and death. but you must survive.
Run!
At last, we meet again.
Gentlemen, elders of the Reich are worried
about the state of affairs on the Eastern Front.
During the winter campaign our offensive failed.
The army proved unable to break the Russian resistance.
To win this war we need to resort to most radicaI measures!
What do you suggest?
It's time to begin Operation Sword of Vergeance!
Astrologers confirm that the Moment of Truth s approaching.
But Chairman, for such a rituaI we wouId need an artefact
with very high energy.
And at Iast, we have one!
GentIemen,
behoId Grandmaster Baron Von Wolffs legendary sword.
Using it we shall conjure the Baron's ghost to join our ranks!
Isa.
Ihwaz.
Haaglaz.
Gebo.
Mannaz.
Dagaz.
That is my sword! Give it back!
Grandmaster, we Elders of the Ahnenerbe,
call on you and your fallen brothers.
Rise from the dead, and with this sword,
take revenge on your sworn enemies: the Russians.
l have been waiting for 700 years. dreaming of revenge!
At last my sword is back in my hands.
l accept your offer!
Come here. Nadya.
That knight. l have dreamed of him.
ln a recurring nightmare.
That dream is the last thing l remember.
He was a legendary warrior and magician. Baron Von Wolff
The Baron and the knights of his order
were excommunicated for practising black magic.
In 1242 he led his order to attack Russia.
Von Wolff's crusaders torched towns
and slaughtered their inhabitants.
Many believed that he was served by demons of the underworld.
Finally. though. the people of many towns united in their resistance to the Order.
They defeated Von Wolff ln a battle called the Battle on the lce.
The knights of the Order perished at the bottom of the lake.
This book says that 700 years affer the Baron's death,
his grudging ghost will be called back to life.
This year 1942.
will mark 700 years since the prophecy.
But why have l been dreaming about this?
Nadya, these are not merely dreams. they are visions.
You have the gift of seeing into the future.
And you must use your gift to avert disaster.
But l don't even know who l am. or where I am
Eat. now,
you have a long journey ahead of you.
l have nowhere to go.
I don't remember where I Iive.
Together we will go to Moscow. to the KremIin.
l'll take you
where your help is needed most.
Nadya go to Moscow.
The horse will find the way.
Find Genera BeIow in the KremIin, he will explain everything to you
-And you -Don't worry about me. Just go!
Go away!
Please let me through.
l really need to get in.
Where is GeneraI BeIow?
PIease. I must see GeneraI BeIow right away.
You know what, girly? lf you behave violently again,
we'll have to sedate you.
I can't Iet you see GeneraI BeIow because no such person exists.
He is a product of your imagination. a side effect of the contusion.
Oh contusion? I see but then...
You don't know anything! Let me out now
Why do they admit these loonies here?
Were busy enough with the wounded.
Who are you?
You don't know who I am?
I'm your commander. GeneraI BeIow.
We have been searching for you all over. What happened to you?
Sorry. but I don't remember.
Right l talked to the doctors.
A blow to your head has damaged your memory.
Do you remember anything at all?
Circus, frends,
summer. the boarding school.
Then the war began. My friends were killed.
That was more than half a year ago.
Many things happened since.
We don't have much time.
l'll tell you everything you need to know.
World War ll is underway.
Nazi Germany has attacked our country.
Parallel to regular military operations
two occult secret sewices are engaged ir a covert struggle:
the German Ahnenerbe within the SS,
and the 6th Division of the Soviet Military Inteligence. That's us.
We're not your regular intelligerce corps though.
We use too some of occultism and magic:
astrology. calwoyance and hypnosis.
I'm the head of the 6th Division. And you, you are my best agent.
Since the beginning of the war.
you have completed numerous imporfant missions.
A week ago we sent you, as a member of a propaganda team,
to the frontline on an assignment.
where you complete it vanished.
Your parents both had extrasensory abilities.
Eversince they died.
the 6th Division has been your family.
Died? Why When?
Before the war, n the line of duty.
We have an enormous workload right now. and l need you like never before!
So much depends on the current counter-operation we are planning.
The astro-radar shows enormous activity in the beyond.
We have inteligence that the Ahnenerbe have obtained a strong ally.
lf it's Baron Von Wolff and his knights.
we have a real problem!
Does this Iook famiIiar?
l saw him in my dreams He will come.
Yes, very soon The old prophecy is coming true.
That means that within hours
the spirits of Von Wolff and his warriors
will fall upon our positions.
ObviousIy, ghosts and demons are not afraid of our weapons.
The wing cannot even see them.
But how can l help?
You are the only one who can. l'll explain.
For years the 6th Division
has been developing a special task force of teen agents: First Spuad.
At the beginning of the war, it was terminated by Ahnenerbe.
Leo,
Zena,
Marat,
Valya.
They were all killed.
You're the onIy suvivor of the First Squad.
Training at our school was aimed at building
a mentaI Iink between the Squad members.
That's why only you can call upon the spirits of your fallen friends,
and with them. stop Von Wolffs assault.
The time has come for you to meet them again!
But how? You said the Pioneers were kiIIed.
Exacty. l want you to go to the other side.
The 6th Division has designed a specal machine for this purpose,
Sputnik 01. This is our Iast chance.
Can you handIe it?
l'll try.
Your Iocker is marked with the letter "N".
ln it you'll find everything you'l need for the assignment.
The machine travels to the beyond through the pilot's subconscious,
so you'll land some place you know.
Your sword is a rare and powerful weapon against ghosts and demons.
Don't hesitate to use it. You're good with it, too.
You have very little time, so act fast.
Most importantly don't miss the red return signal!
lf you miss it you'll be stuck there forever.
Let's go!
Hello Anybody here?
Seventy-seventh, seventy-seventh.
cease fire over.
Brothers! When the enemy stole our victory through deceit,
and the ice on the lake cracked under our feet,
they thought we were defeated forever.
They were wrong!
We haven't spent 700 years in this gorge in vain!
The new Moment of Truth is approaching.
and this time, we wiII be victorious!
We shall slay the destinies of the living!
What?
She is alive!
There's no place for the living here.
All right. take her to the butcher!
Time waits for no man!
Were moving out!
The evil spirits came out of the man
and went into the pigs.
and the herd went rushing down a step slope in to the water
and met their destruction.
The GospeI of Luke.
What's this?
Ready to roll?
Not a moment too soon, as usuaI.
How'd you get here?
So you actuaIy died? Didn't I warn you?
No, I'm alive GeneraI Below sent me.
They have a machine that can send people over here.
Are they crazy there at the 6th D vision?
No one comes back from here alive!
Now they do!
How did you find me?
We all sensed you.
Remember mental frequency synchronisation exercises at school?
We may be dead but we still know everything we learned while alive.
Get down!
So scary.
And so beautifuI.
What a strange place.
Yeah, not the best place for a cIass reunion.
This is the Gloomy VaIIey.
where the spirits of fallen warriors go after death.
They say there are other lands beyond those mountains, but no one knows forsure.
There's no way out of the GIoomy VaIIey.
So why are you here?
After 700 years of death Von WoIff's about to
break through the boundary between the worlds.
He reached an agreement with the Ahnenerbe
and will fight on their side.
UnbeIievabIe!
The divide has not been broken in centuries
The dead versus the living. The living don't have much of a chance!
Von Wolff has become an extremely powerful demon over the centuries.
His hate has enormous destructive power.
Once the Nazis Iearn to use that power.
they'll rule the word of the living.
l've come for you.
We must stop Von Wolff. l can't do it on my own!
Nadya. I don't you get it?
We were kiled we're out of the game.
We can't go back. lt's taboo!
But if you don't intervene, millions of people will die!
The word of the living and the word of the dead wiII become one!
lt will be doomsday!
You were killed. and l kept living.
But l'm asking you to help us. the living.
to win this ruthIess war.
Let everyone decide for themselves.
l for one i am ready. lt's my war too.
l can't just sit and watch things get so screwed up back there.
Guys, maybe we weren't kiled for nothing.
Let's kick those Teutons' butts!
Well, Nadya typical.
you just love the me right!
All right, l'm in. l don't want to miss an opportunity to kick some Nazi butt.
As for me I'm in too!
You know. l knew you'd agree.
The First Squad is back together, just like the old days
Comrade GeneraI Sputnik is overheating.
Let's bring her back!
-What's this? -What's going on Nadya?
The signal! We need to hurry to the Ferris wheel!
What's taking her so long?
Were going to lose her!
Come on. girI!
Come back here when the amusement park starts up again.
That will be our signal to break through!
We'll be there. See you on the other side.
Thank God you're back!
You had me worried sick.
CongratuIations! You're the first human ever to return from the worId of the dead.
Now. tel me. what's going on overthere?
Did you see them?
Von Wolff is ready for the break-through.
But First Squad wiIl fight!
l've got a surprise for you.
Oh. hello!
You see, l'm safe and sound. just as l said.
It was a cIose caII,
but those two were after you.
Let's get back to business.
700 years after his death
Von Wolff will break into this world at the Moment of Truth,
but we don't know precisely when or where that it will happen.
The Moment of Truth! That's what Von Wolff said to his knights.
What does that mean?
Moments of Truth are the most criticaI and decisive of moments,
when the actions of one man
determine the outcome of a battIe or an entire war.
Moments of Truth are instants. imperceptible to mortals,
when creatures from the otherworId
may enter our word and interfere with the natural course of history.
Moments of Truth have always existed and will always exist
but only those with a rare gift can foresee and endure them.
And you Nadya have this gift.
Herr Obergruppenfohrer.
And here are our beauties! What's the good news?
The girl was identfied at the Eastern Front.
a caliwoyant workirg for Russian inteligence.
Despite our efforts, we faiIed to eIiminate her.
Can you, pIease, get rid of that calowoyant from the 6th Division?
It must be done before the Moment of Truth.
Tomorrow morning you wil be in Moscow Dismissed.
Yes, sir!
Here is what we know: a large number of troops on both sides
are concentrated along the lake shore.
Both sides have been trying to attack. but every attempt has failed.
lt's around here that the Moment of Truth will oocur.
The Commander in your dream is the only one
who will dare to rise from the trench underfire,
and Iead soIdiers in the attack.
At the Moment of Truth, Vor Wolff will try to behind him.
ShouId our attack not take pIace.
the Germans will launch a counter-offensive and break the front.
Give it another try maybe you'Il see his face.
or maybe his unit.
l'm trying.
-No, l cant see. -lt's okay. Next time.
You just need to rest.
A driver will take you to the army quarters.
Go have a good sleep and recover. lt will work.
l know you.
You were a circus performer. l drove you before the war
l also remember your mom and dad. They were wonderful people.
May they rest in peace.
Please tell me about my parents.
l hardly remember them.
You don't remember? But it's only been a year since they...
CAPTAIN ALEXANDER NEMOV
THE SUBDIVISION'S SOLE SURVIVOR
AFTER A MASSIVE ENEMY AIR RAID,
ALEXANDER WAS TREATED IN HOSPITAL
AND NOW WISHES TO RETURN TO THE FRONT TO FIGHT THE ENEMY
The only suwivor!
That's the object of the Moment of Truth! I found him.
lt's me, l found him. Captain Aexander Nemov.
Yes I need the exact location of his regiment.
No, I'm fine, but the driver has been kiIIed.
I'm being foIIowed Got you. l'll call you from the station.
Can I get overthere before the fork?
Soldiers retreating from their positions without an order are traitors.
Scaremongers and cowards will be executed on the spot.
The enemy shall be defeated! We shall prevail!
Here we go. l hope she's there.
Go away! We're closed!
What do you want?
Can't you read?
CLOSED
What are you doing?
Everybody wants something from the Hunchback.
l told you l have nothing to sell!
Listen Hunchback, we dont have time.
How about a swap?
6th Division, Russian Military lnteligence.
Very rare.
All right.
Man!
Wow!
Holy cow!
That's more like it!
Newest modeIs on the market.
Russian. German Japanese.
All guns have augmented firepower.
and are in perfect working condition.
Let me check.
Was that really necassary?
l just hope it works.
Really Here?
This is the only pavilion with lights on.
This will be the entrance to Nadyas subcorscious.
Come on!
Get in She's calling us.
This tunnel should take us to the world of the living.
lt's wrong to steal apples.
lt's speeding up!
Hurry up, faster.
They didn't come.
Nights, you are taking part in the greatest of battles.
Your names will remain unknown,
but your deeds will live in eternity!
Here we go.
lt's starting.
Some Iike it hot, huh?
Not a moment too soon.
Leo!
Nadya!
WeIcome to the GIoomy VaIIey.
Nadya!
What happened?
Did Nadya take out Von Wolff?
Have a nice trip home, freaks!
Attack!
Fire!
Speaking!
Good Roger that.
Prepare an aeroplane.
l will pick up Nadya from the front personally!
It's not him!
He escaped.