Film-portrait about People's Artist of Russia Yevgeny Pavlovich Rodygin, Soviet composer, author of many popular songs, front-line soldier. The life story is told in the first person. The picture reflects many of the vicissitudes of Rodygin's life. There are interviews with his relatives. It is also told about how the works of Rodygin helped the Russian soldier to survive in the Second World War and about assistance in the post-war reconstruction of the country.