Overview
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…
Director and cast
- Vladimir Rogovoy Director
- Algis Arlauskas as Volodya Cheremin
- Marat Serazhetdinov as Victor Khantyrin
- Igor Sklyar as Nikolay Maslenok
- Viktor Nikulin as Alexander Budailo
- Marina Samojlova as Anya
- Valeri Ryzhakov as Lt. Novikov
- Mikhail Kuznetsov as midshipman Lukyanov
- Vasili Lanovoy as Maj. Cheremin, Volodya's father
- Boris Gitin as Chief petty officer Kotelevsky
- Viktor Mizin as Sailor
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