February

Chechnya February 1944 A Wolf kills one of the sheep owned by two poor brothers who then start hunting the animal They run jump and sneak through the lonely snowcovered countryside Biting cold danger and toil everywhere People do not live in this winterly realm they survive sometimes by mere chance While they are away hunting the wolf the two brothers evade the deportation of their entire village by Soviet authorities accompanied by many casualties Again they follow a trail only instead of a wolfs trail they now follow one of footsteps and blood The hostile mountains and dangerous nature which seem to hold no love for men suddenly appear in a different light It is man himself who holds the least love for his fellow human beings