White troops are approaching the village. A small garrison of Red Army soldiers decides to evacuate civilians and a wounded soldier to safety. This important task is entrusted to the young Komsomol member Efimka. The carts leave the village and travel along forest roads, but lose their way. At night, at a rest stop, Efimka, his mother and Verka talk about the future, about a forty-story house with a tower, a star and a spotlight - let it shine!..
Cast
Leonid Kharitonov
Yefimka
Olga Narovchatova
Verka
Yekaterina Mazurova
Verka's grandmother
Vladimir Seleznyov
Yasha
Yevgeniya Melnikova
Yefimka's mother
Nikolai Novlyansky
Grandpa
Mikhail Ulyanov
Sobakin
Garri Dunts
Squadron commander
Pavel Shalnov
Stepan
Oksana Sivova
Valka
Dmitri Matveyev
Nikolashka
Seryozha Andronov
Unknown
V. Dominikyants
Unknown
Muin Mukhitdinov
Red army soldier
Viktor Ulyanov
Unknown
Sofya Pavlova
Unknown
Leonid Markov
Unknown
I. Nikitina
Unknown
Crew
Yevgeni Karelov
Director, Writer
Tatiana Pachentseva
Script Editor
Arkady Gaydar
Short Story, Lyricist
A. Soboleva
Editor
Lev Bunin
Director of Photography
E. Pilipets
Executive Producer
Leonid Platov
Production Design
B. Vinogradov
Production Design
A. Galashevich
Makeup Artist
V. Zosimovich
Sound Director
Aleksandr Ostrovsky
Original Music Composer
A. Birchanskiy
Conductor