TV series Breakaway (2011) - episode 1

In 1947, Alexei Mitrokhin arrived in post-war Moscow to visit his friend, the former Argunov Combat, who saved his life during the war. But it turns out that the battalion commander was sentenced to 25 years and remains in a strict regime camp. The hero decides on a desperate act - at any cost to rescue a friend ... Mitrokhin imitates an attempt on the leader of the peoples of Comrade Stalin and receives a sentence - a quarter of a century in the camp of the highest regime category - the Karelian “Lazo”. In the barrack, he finally meets his friend and utters one single phrase: "And I follow you, kombat." No one has yet managed to escape from Lazo. There is a lake on the north side of the camp, and a land plot surrounded by barbed wire from the south. At first glance, the idea of ​​escaping seems insane, but it turns out that before the war, Alexei studied at the hydrotechnical institute and practiced precisely in the place where the concentration camp is now located. An absolutely incredible plan is instantly developed in the head of the hero: use floating peat islands for escape ...