
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.
Pyotr Lopakhin

pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov

pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev

pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky

pvt. Nekrasov

sergeant Poprischenko

lieutenant Goloschyokov

corporal Kochetygov

pvt. Nikiforov
cook lisichenko

Colonel Marchenko

Natalya Stepanovna

surgeon

old Cossack woman

head nurse

nurse

Glasha

Luka Mikhalych

soldier Akim Borzykh

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the chairman

captain Sumskov

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Pyotr Lopakhin (voice) (uncredited)

Glasha (voice) (uncredited)

narrator (voice) (uncredited)
