Overview
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.
Cast
Piotr Lopakhin
pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
pvt. Nekrasov
pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky
sergeant Poprischenko
lieutenant Goloschyokov
pvt. Nikiforov
Natalya Stepanovna
surgeon
Glasha
corporal Kochetygov