Details

In the savage 1942 winter siege of Leningrad, as the Russians fight off the Nazi invaders, three teenagers, Lika, Marat and Leonidik are thrown together. Losing everything from their pasts, they forge a new love that binds them together and a new hope which keeps them alive: the promise of a better future. After the war, now Heroes of the Soviet Union, Marat and Leonidik both return to the only woman they could ever love, and Lika is forced to make an impossible choice between two men who keep the promise alive.

Cast/Performers

Max Bennett (Marat), Gwilym Lee (Leonidik), Joanna Vanderham (Lika)

Creatives/Company

Author: Aleksei Arbuzov
Producer: Donmar Warehouse
Translation: Ariadne Nicolaeff
Adapted by: Penelope Skinner (new English version)
Director: Alex Sims
Design: Mike Britton
Lighting: Malcolm Rippeth
Sound: Emma Laxton