
The screen story of four teenagers, on whom the horrors of war had left an indelible mark. Their relatives’ deaths and their yearning for fighting the Nazis led them, one way or another, to a sea cadet school that had been opened on Solovetski Islands at the start of the war. This film tells of men’s friendship, the boys’ first baptism of fire, and the victory…
Cast

Algis Arlauskas
Volodya Cheremin

Marat Serazhetdinov
Victor Khantyrin

Igor Sklyar
Nikolay Maslenok
Viktor Nikulin
Alexander Budailo

Marina Samojlova
Anya

Valeri Ryzhakov
Lt. Novikov

Mikhail Kuznetsov
midshipman Lukyanov

Vasili Lanovoy
Maj. Cheremin, Volodya's father

Boris Gitin
Chief petty officer Kotelevsky

Viktor Mizin
Sailor

Natalya Rychagova
Anya (voice)
Marina Gorlova
Zina

Klavdiya Kozlyonkova
railroad worker

Heinz Braun
Episodic role

Viktor Kosykh
second lieutenant of the coast guard

Leonid Reutov
lieutenant commander

Rim Ayupov
german

Ekaterina Voronina
Unknown

Boris Grigorev
Fokin, 3rd-Class Captain
Crew

Vladimir Rogovoy
Director

Eduard Topol
Writer

Vadim Trunin
Writer
Vera Biryukova
Script Editor
Tatyana Turchan
Script Editor
A. Ovcharova
Editor

Dmitri Surensky
Director of Photography

Igor Klebanov
Director of Photography
N. Sorokoumova
First Assistant Director
V. Sergeyev
Second Assistant Director
Z. Khukhim
Assistant Director
Mark Ayzenberg
Producer

Mikhail Fishgoit
Production Design
Aleksandr Kovalchuk
Camera Operator
Valentina Olonovskaya
Costume Design
Ye. Bochkaryov
Makeup & Hair
Boris Koreshkov
Sound Director
R. Avanesov
Lighting Artist
A. Gzovskiy
Lighting Artist

Rafail Khozak
Original Music Composer

Evgeniy Agranovich
Lyricist
G. Borisov
Military Consultant, Script Consultant
Boris Yamkovoy
Military Consultant
Vitaly Guzanov
Military Consultant
A. Valerianov
Assistant Production Design
Martyn Nersesyan
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