Collection of Russian peasant tales:<br /><br /><b>"The Deserted Mine"</b> - The key to saving the trapped miners is held by a man who hasn't spoken a word in 10 years.<br /><br /><b>"Mahmoud's Family"</b> - Escaping prisoners of war should be shot, but Mahmoud has a family.<br /><br /><b>"A Misunderstanding"</b> - A young woman seeks escape from her past, in a convent.<br /><br /><b>"The Luck of Ivan the Forgetful"</b> - An incorrigible criminal escapes from a sentence of hard labor to find freedom and perhaps a kind of redemption in the forest.<br /><br />(Summary by Kevin Davidson)
