Two friends are army officers, and the turbulent times throw them from the Civil War in the early 20s to the Soviet conflict in Finland, from China to the Urals.
Vladimir Rogovoy
Director
Alina Pokrovskaya
Lyubov Trofimova
Georgiy Yumatov
Aleksey Trofimov
Vasili Lanovoy
Ivan Varavva
Aleksandr Voevodin
Egor Trofimov (adult)
Andrei Anisimov
Egor Trofimov (child)
Natalya Rychagova
Masha Belkina
Andrei Gromov
Ivan Trofimov (young)
Yuriy Sorokin
Ivan Trofimov (adult)
Vladimir Druzhnikov
Georgy Petrovich
Shamukhammed Akmukhammedov
Kerim
Yevgeni Vesnik
Doctor
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