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.

Featured Cast

Vasiliy Shukshin

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Yuriy Nikulin

Georgi Burkov

Ivan Lapikov

Nikolai Gubenko

Nonna Mordyukova

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina

Andrei Rostotsky