获1959年莫斯科国际电影节大奖，并获1960年的列宁奖金。影片忠实地表现了肖洛霍夫的一个哲理思想：任何事物也不能阻止万物苏生。　　影片的故事内容已被它的片名所概括了，它表现了一个普通的人在卫国战争中所经历的家破人亡的悲惨遭遇。战争刚爆发，木工索阔洛夫就上了前线，在战争中，他走过了一条苦难的艰巨道路：他被浮过；在集中营里做过受尽折磨的苦工；又机智地驾车回到了苏军阵地，还俘获了一个德冠少校，带来了重要的情报。战争使索阔洛夫失去了人间所有的亲人和温暖的家，但他并没有变得冷酷无情，并没有被痛苦折磨得失去生存的意志。他不仅自己要坚强地活下去，而且还要以破碎的心灵中的全部的爱去温暖一个无依无靠的弱小生命。影片结尾索阔洛夫把同样在战争中失去一切亲人、露宿街头的小男孩凡尼亚认作儿子这场戏充分地阐明了作品的主题思想：一个遭受战争创伤的人，没有理由永久地为自己的痛楚而哭泣，只要他还活着，他就应该不吝惜自己的爱，去温暖比他更弱小的生命。索阔洛夫终于在生活中找到了精神支柱，这支柱就是人道主义的力量。索阔洛夫是以人道主义的精神来医治自己心灵的创伤的。他在抚慰这颗幼小的心灵的过程中，忘却了自己的伤痕。影片作者自始至终遵循的一个基本创作原则就是真实，这真实是严峻而残酷的。　　本片的导演技巧和造型处理都具有较高的水平，在运用电影表现手段方面是出色而大胆的，并具有革新精神。片中有十分独特的蒙太奇转换，又有前所未有的仰俯拍镜头，影片拍摄时还动用了直升飞机。摄影师弗·莫纳霍夫有自己独特的风格。《一个人的遭遇》是一部独白式的影片，是谢·邦达尔丘克自导自演的，对话极为简约而洗练，影片以卓越的造型处理丰富了原小说的内涵。邦达尔丘克后来拍摄了《战争与和平》《他们为祖国而战》，他曾亲自参加过卫国战争。1956年他曾来我国参加过“苏联电影周”期间的活动。　　个别评论文章认为影片的调子太低沉，但舆论界和广大观众还是肯定这部影片的。

影片鲜明而真实地表现了1942年夏季苏军在顿河草原上的保卫战：一支团队在撤退途中，奉命占领一个小村后面的十字路口的高地。主人公在战前从事着不同的职业，战争使他们聚集到了一起。经过艰苦卓绝的战斗，这支团队完成了占领高地的任务，保住了团队的旗帜，但付出了惨痛的代价，伤亡十分严重。

1960年捷克卡罗维发利国际电影节最佳导演水晶球奖。　　Originally titled Seryozha, the Russian A Summer to Remember was co-adapted by Vera Panova from her own short story. War and Peace director Sergei Bondarchuk plays the new stepfather of young Seryozha (Borya Barkhatov). So close do the stepfather and the boy become in the months following their meeting that, when time comes for the boy to move on in life, he refuses to leave his new dad's side. Their summer idyll takes place on a Soviet collective farm, managed by Bondarchuk and depicted by novice filmmakers Georgiy Daneliya and Igor Talankin in the most glowing and apolitical of terms. Though there isn't much to the plot, the film admirably succeeds as a sort of cinematic tone poem.　　From All Movie Guide Russian filmmaker Georgi Daneliya ranks among his country's most popular directors of satirical comedies. The Georgia-born Daneliya comes from a distinguished family of film performers; his grandmother, Veriko Andzhaparidze, was a famed Georgian silent film actress, his cousin, Sofiko Chiaureli, is also a major actress, and his mother, Meri Andzhaparidze, spent more than a decade at Mosfilm Studios. However, he first chose to train as an architect (perhaps out of respect for his father, an engineer). Following his graduation in 1955, Daneliya worked only briefly in that field when he decided he'd rather be in films, enrolling in Mosfilm Studios' Directors' Courses in 1958. In 1960, Daneliya co-directed SeryozhaA Summer to Remember with Igor Talankin. Two years later, he made his solo directorial debut, Put K PrichaluThe Way to the Wharf (1962). His 1969 comedy Ne Goryuy!Don't Worry! successfully blended humor and melancholy, a device that would become Daneliya's trademark. In addition to directing, Daneliya co-authors the scripts for his films and occasionally works on screenplays for other directors. Daneliya has won numerous national and international awards for his work. In 1964, his Ya Shagayu po MoskveI Walk Around Moscow received an honorable mention at the Cannes Film Festival, while in 1975 Afonya received a special award at the All Union Festival, a major U.S.S.R. event. Daneliya's biggest hit in the U.S.S.R., Mimino (1977), earned the special prize at the Moscow International Film Festival and the U.S.S.R. State Prize. In 1991, Daneliya earned the Nika Award (the Russian equivalent to an Oscar) for Best Screenplay for Pasport (1990).

1815年6月18日早晨，惠灵顿公爵所指挥的部队，聚集在比利时一个名为滑铁卢的小镇营地里。连绵不断的降雨带来了痛苦、潮湿和寒冷给士兵。但是这些士兵将会感谢这场从前夜就开始下的大雨，因为这场夏日暴雨不仅...

1942年秋天，人类史上最惨烈的一场战争在寒冷的土地上爆发。德国人穿越伏尔加河抵达对岸斯大林格勒设防固守，苏联红军与对手展开城市争夺战，双方你来我往，城市化作废墟焦土，成千上万人死亡，放眼望去俨然人间地狱。在一次反攻行动中，苏军严重伤亡，仅有大尉格罗莫夫（彼得·费奥多罗夫 Pyotr Fyodorov 饰）率领的侦察小队到达对岸，占领了一栋破烂的建筑。他们在建筑内发现一名19岁少女卡嘉（玛丽亚·斯莫尔尼科娃 Mariya Smolnikova 饰）。卡嘉的父母早已死于战火，由于眷恋自由生长的城市和家园，女孩固守此地，麻木穿梭战火之中。