In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the countryside, the soldiers show their companionship, sentiments, fears and heroism to defend their motherland.
as Pyotr Lopakhin
as pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
as pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
as pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
as pvt. Nekrasov
as sergeant Poprischenko
as lieutenant Goloschyokov
as corporal Kochetygov
as pvt. Nikiforov
as cook lisichenko
as Colonel Marchenko
as Natalya Stepanovna
as surgeon
as old Cossack woman
as head nurse
as nurse
as Glasha
as Luka Mikhalych
as soldier Akim Borzykh
as the chairman
as captain Sumskov
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as soldier
as (uncredited)
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as Pyotr Lopakhin (voice) (uncredited)
as Glasha (voice) (uncredited)
as narrator (voice) (uncredited)
