A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken for the time as it addressed issues such as anti-Stalinism, Siberia and the inhumanity of war. Adapting his screenplay from a book by Constantin Simonov, Alexandre Stolper was responsible for writing as well as directing.
Cast
Kirill Lavrov
Sintsov
Anatoliy Papanov
Serpilin
Aleksey Glazyrin
Malinin
Oleg Efremov
Ivanov
Lyudmila Krylova
Ovsyannikova
Lev Lyubetsky
Shmakov
Lyudmila Lyubimova
Masha
Vasiliy Makarov
Zaychikov
Roman Khomyatov
Lyusin
Zinovi Vysokovsky
Misha
Yuriy Dubrovin
Zolotaryov
Igor Pushkaryov
Khoryshev
Vladlen Paulus
Danilov
Boris Chirkov
Biryukov
Viktor Avdyushko
Shestakov
Evgeniy Samoylov
commander of the communist battalion
Oleg Tabakov
special officer
Lev Kruglyy
Komarov
Vladimir Gorelov
pilot
Vladimir Kulik
Ryabchenko
Yuri Volkov
Baranov
Mikhail Ulyanov
Sergei Filippovich
Yevgeni Shutov
policeman
Nikolai Sergeyev
Zosima Ivanovich
Vladimir Muravyov
battalion commissar
Raisa Kurkina
Baranova
Sofya Pavlova
Serpilina
Vladimir Marenkov
Kozyryov
Vladimir Shibankov
Leonidov
Valentina Telegina
Pasha Kulikov's aunt
Boris Yurchenko
Kovalchuk
O. Yakushev
Sytin
Mikhail Gluzskiy
Orlov
Mikhail Vorobyov
Efremov
Arina Aleynikova
Lenka
Boris Bityukov
colonel
Yuriy Veryovkin
Unknown, (uncredited)
Boris Ardov
Yolkin
Leonid Khmara
narrator (voice)
Vladimir Vysotsky
cheerful soldier (uncredited)
Mikhail Dadyko
(uncredited)
Aleksandr Mylnikov
(uncredited)
Aleksandr Petrov
(uncredited)
Ivan Savkin
(uncredited)
Konstantin Sarynin
(uncredited)
Vladimir Ferapontov
(uncredited)
Lev Frichinsky
(uncredited)
Alla Budnitskaya
(uncredited)
Vladimir Lippart
(uncredited)
Vladimir Pitsek
(uncredited)
Konstantin Severnyy
(uncredited)
Georgy Semyonov
(uncredited)
Nikolay Sibeikin
(uncredited)
Lyubov Sokolova
(uncredited)
Aleksandr Titov
(uncredited)
Sergey Yurtaykin
(uncredited)
Stanislav Baykov
(uncredited)
Filimon Sergeyev
(uncredited)
Boris Chukaev
(uncredited)
Oleg Khabalov
(uncredited)
Gennady Bukharov
(uncredited)
Crew
Aleksandr Stolper
Director, Writer
V. Leonov
Script Editor
Konstantin Simonov
Novel
Yekaterina Ovsyannikova
Editor
Nikolay Olonovskiy
Director of Photography
I. Mansurova
First Assistant Director
Levon Kotcharian
First Assistant Director
Lazar Milkis
Executive Producer
Mark Shadur
Executive Producer
Stalen Volkov
Production Design
Viktor Sheynin
Camera Operator
Ganna Ganevskaya
Costume Design
M. Maslova
Makeup & Hair
Vyacheslav Leshchyov
Sound Director
Sergey Mukhin
VFX Supervisor
German Shimkovich
VFX Director of Photography
G. Korshunov
Military Consultant
V. Turantaev
Military Consultant
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