End June 1812 , the Grande Armée crosses the Niemen and sinks into the immense Russian plains . In early September, the Battle of Borodino opened the French doors of Moscow. But it is without counting the dreaded Russian winter that will be covered in a white shroud Napoleon's soldiers . Camera in hand , the terrible Russian campaign has been completely redone . Vilna, Smolensk , Moscow, Malo Jaroslawetz , Krasnoe , the Berezina ... ever grumblers of the Emperor have suffered so much. Unique , this documentary raises the heroic adventure of these men whose courage defies imagination.