
The movie's opening sequence takes place in 1921, towards the end of Russia's civil war, as the Red Army are vanquishing the last Menshevik forces of the White Guard along the western frontier.

as Engineer Kovalyov

as Marina Buntsevich

as Aleksandr Buntsevich

as Lyosha

as Trofim Ivanovich, miller

as Borik

as Zosya

as Bobrik

as Mother

as Engineer Rostovtsev